From d85d894112f4eac57ecd5967ad362e409de21f57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cheloha <cheloha@cvs.openbsd.org> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:11:54 +0000 Subject: DESCRIPTION: Be more direct about what delay(9) actually does. While here, "delay" -> "interval", "busy wait" -> "busy-wait". With input from jmc@. "no objections" schwarze@, "reads ok" jmc@, ok ratchov@ kn@ --- share/man/man9/delay.9 | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man9/delay.9 b/share/man/man9/delay.9 index e5cd7be0e2f..b54f33f1afd 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/delay.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/delay.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: delay.9,v 1.4 2007/09/14 16:16:08 mk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: delay.9,v 1.5 2019/06/27 18:11:53 cheloha Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -14,22 +14,22 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 14 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 27 2019 $ .Dt DELAY 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm delay -.Nd busy wait for an interval +.Nd busy-wait for an interval .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/param.h .Ft void -.Fn delay "int delay" +.Fn delay "int interval" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn delay -is called in the kernel to busy wait for a period of time. The -.Fa delay -argument specifies the period of time to wait for, in microseconds. +.Fn delay +function busy-waits for at least +.Fa interval +microseconds. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr timeout 9 , .Xr tsleep 9 -- cgit v1.2.3