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| author | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2006-12-22 20:52:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2006-12-22 20:52:35 +0000 |
| commit | 46439007cf417cbd9ac8049bb4122c890097a0fa (patch) | |
| tree | 6fdb25e5f3a2b6d5657eb23b35774b631d4d97e4 /man/10/delay | |
| parent | 37da2899f40661e3e9631e497da8dc59b971cbd0 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/man/10/delay b/man/10/delay new file mode 100644 index 00000000..72665837 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/10/delay @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.TH DELAY 10.2 +.SH NAME +delay, microdelay, addclock0link \- small delays, clock interrupts +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ta \w'\fLvoid 'u +.B +void delay(int n) +.PP +.B +void microdelay(int n) +.PP +.B +void addclock0link(void(*clockf)(void)) +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Delay +busy waits for +.I n +milliseconds, forced to be at least one millisecond. +.PP +.I Microdelay +is similar, but busy waits for +.IR n +microseconds. +.PP +For delays on the order of clock ticks, +.I tsleep +(see +.IR sleep (10.2)) +provides a better alternative to the busy waiting of these routines. +.PP +.I Addclock0link +adds +.I clockf +to a list of functions to be executed at each clock interrupt. +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR sleep (10.2) |