[patch] document CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE

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Let's try that again without using gmail.

-andy

commit 782f8fd7a4ecd601d46e13e6a55a04662bae2f27
Author: Andy Isaacson <adi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu May 31 16:36:30 2012 -0700

    clock_getres.2: document CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE

diff --git a/man2/clock_getres.2 b/man2/clock_getres.2
index 67713c7..01289d6 100644
--- a/man2/clock_getres.2
+++ b/man2/clock_getres.2
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ Similar to
 but provides access to a raw hardware-based time
 that is not subject to NTP adjustments.
 .TP
+.BR CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE " (since Linux 2.6.32; Linux-specific)"
+.\" Added in commit da15cfdae03351c689736f8d142618592e3cebc3, John Stultz, Aug 19 2009
+Similar to
+.BR CLOCK_MONOTONIC ,
+but provides only the time at the most recent clock tick.  This can be
+faster to access.
+.TP
 .B CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
 High-resolution per-process timer from the CPU.
 .TP
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