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diff --git a/share/man/man9/timer.9 b/share/man/man9/timer.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf236cc --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/timer.9 @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2023 Ian Marco Moffett and the VegaOS team. +.\" 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. Neither the name of VegaOS nor the names of its +.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from +.\" this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "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 COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS 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 October 6, 2023 +.Dt TIMER 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm timer - vega timer abstraction +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/timer.h +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The timer registry abstraction allows timers on the machine +to be registered as a generic timer type allowing other parts +of the kernel to request a timer of that type e.g scheduler reserved +timers (TIMER_SCHED). All timers within the system are represented via +a timer descriptor which is simply the +.Ft timer +struct. + +The timer struct pointer fields are optional and must +be +.Ft NULL +if unused. Therefore it is the requesting kernel module's responsibility to verify +a field is not unused before using it for obvious reasons. + + +However, it is highly recommended to set the +.Ft name +field. This field on an HPET timer could be, for example: +.Ft HIGH_PRECISION_EVENT_TIMER + +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Ian Moffett Aq Mt ian@vegaa.systems |