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-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/tvtohz.958
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
index b70248e2642..cf55472dd97 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.45 2001/12/06 10:48:59 mickey Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.46 2002/02/15 02:01:01 art Exp $
# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1996/01/09 03:23:01 thorpej Exp $
# Makefile for section 9 (kernel function and variable) manual pages.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ MAN= altq.9 audio.9 boot.9 bus_dma.9 bus_space.9 copy.9 crypto.9 ctxsw.9 \
ratecheck.9 resettodr.9 radio.9 random.9 \
shutdownhook_establish.9 sleep.9 spl.9 startuphook_establish.9 \
store.9 style.9 \
- time.9 timeout.9 uvm.9 \
+ time.9 timeout.9 tvtohz.9 uvm.9 \
vm_allocate.9 vm_map_copy.9 vm_deallocate.9 \
vm_map_inherit.9 vm_map_protect.9 vnode.9 vn_lock.9 \
vwaitforio.9 vwaitforio.9
diff --git a/share/man/man9/tvtohz.9 b/share/man/man9/tvtohz.9
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd166f06474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/man9/tvtohz.9
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: tvtohz.9,v 1.1 2002/02/15 02:01:01 art Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Marc Espie
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by Marc Espie
+.\" for the OpenBSD Project.
+.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd February 15, 2002
+.Dt TVTOHZ 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm tvtohz
+.Nd translate time period to timeout delay.
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/time.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn tvtohz "struct timeval *tv"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn tvtohz
+function computes the number of
+.Va hz
+in the specified amount of time.
+This is mainly used to translate a timeval into a suitable argument for
+.Xr timeout 9 .
+.Sh CODE REFERENCES
+This function is implemented in the file
+.Pa sys/kern/kern_clock.c .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr hz 9 ,
+.Xr hzto 9 ,
+.Xr timeout 9