Glibc 2.16 was released with a new function for the PowerPC architecture that can read its Time Base Register. It was included by commit d9dc34cd. Signed-off-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 diff --git a/man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 b/man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b73c138 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2012, IBM Corporation. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of +.\" this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that +.\" the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of +.\" a permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume. +.\" no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting. +.\" from the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may. +.\" not have taken the same level of care in the production of this. +.\" manual, which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working. +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. + +.TH __PPC_GET_TIMEBASE 3 2012-08-13 "GNU C Library" "Linux Programmer's\ +Manual" +.SH NAME +__ppc_get_timebase \- Get the current value of the Time Base Register on +PowerPC architecture +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <sys/platform/ppc.h> +.sp +.BI "uint64_t __ppc_get_timebase(void)" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR __ppc_get_timebase() +reads the current value of the Time Base Register and returns its value. +The Time Base Register is a 64-bit register presented in PowerPC processors +that stores a monotonically incremented value updated at a system-dependent +frequency that may be different from the processor frequency. +.SH RETURN VALUE +Returns an unsigned integer with 64-bit in size that represents the current +value of the Time Base Register. +.SH VERSIONS +The GNU C Library support for __ppc_get_timebase has been provided since +version 2.16. +.SH CONFORMING TO +This function is a nonstandard GNU extension. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR time (2), +.BR usleep (3) -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
