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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) |