From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 19:02:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D8E1D9; Mon, 26 May 2014 19:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2791217F; Mon, 26 May 2014 19:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s4QJ2Yc1013443; Mon, 26 May 2014 19:02:34 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from brueffer@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s4QJ2Yk5013442; Mon, 26 May 2014 19:02:34 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201405261902.s4QJ2Yk5013442@svn.freebsd.org> From: Christian Brueffer Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 19:02:34 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r266709 - head/share/man/man4 X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 19:02:35 -0000 Author: brueffer Date: Mon May 26 19:02:34 2014 New Revision: 266709 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266709 Log: Language cleanup. Reviewed by: mav, bcr, wblock MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/share/man/man4/attimer.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/attimer.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/attimer.4 Mon May 26 18:21:08 2014 (r266708) +++ head/share/man/man4/attimer.4 Mon May 26 19:02:34 2014 (r266709) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 14, 2010 +.Dd May 26, 2014 .Dt ATTIMER 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,38 +37,48 @@ The following tunables are settable from .Xr loader 8 : .Bl -ohang .It Va hint.attimer. Ns Ar X Ns Va .clock -controls event timers functionality support. Setting to 0, disables it. -Default value is 1. +controls support for the event timer functionality. +Setting this value to +.Dv 0 +disables it. +The default value is +.Dv 1 . .It Va hint.attimer. Ns Ar X Ns Va .timecounter -controls time counter functionality support. Setting to 0, disables it. -Default value is 1. +controls support for the time counter functionality. +Setting this value to +.Dv 0 +disables it. +The default value is +.Dv 1 . .It Va hw.i8254.freq -allows to override default counter frequency. -The same value is also available in run-time via +allows overriding the default counter frequency. +The same value is also available at run-time via the .Va machdep.i8254_freq sysctl. .El .Sh DESCRIPTION This driver uses i8254 Programmable Interval Timer (AT Timer) hardware -to supply kernel with one time counter and one event timer, and generate -sound tones for system speaker. +to supply the kernel with one timecounter and one event timer, and to generate +sound tones for the system speaker. This hardware includes three channels. -Each channel includes 16bit counter, counting down with known, +Each channel includes a 16 bit counter which decreases with a known, platform-dependent frequency. Counters can operate in several different modes, including periodic and one-shot. -Output of each channel has platform-defined wiring: one channel is wired +The output of each channel has platform-defined wiring: one channel is wired to the interrupt controller and may be used as event timer, one channel is -wired to speaker and used to generate sound tones, and one timer is reserved +wired to the speaker and used to generate sound tones, and one timer is reserved for platform purposes. .Pp -Driver uses single hardware channel to provide both time counter and event +The +.Nm +driver uses a single hardware channel to provide both time counter and event timer functionality. -To make it possible, respective counter must be running in periodic more. -As result, one-shot event timer mode supported only when time counter +To make this possible, the respective counter must be running in periodic mode. +As a result, the one-shot event timer mode is supported only when time counter functionality is disabled. .Pp -Event timer provided by the driver is irrelevant to CPU power states. +The event timer provided by the driver is irrelevant to CPU power states. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apic 4 , .Xr atrtc 4 ,