Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:05:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49670 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201611141305.uAED5L1H085896@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Mon Nov 14 13:05:21 2016 New Revision: 49670 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49670 Log: Correct text about shared page for HPET registers The shared page maps HPET registers; HPET does not do the mapping. Reported by: kib Pointy-hat to: bjk Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Mon Nov 14 07:27:04 2016 (r49669) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Mon Nov 14 13:05:21 2016 (r49670) @@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ enhanced to allow syscall-less operation on machines that use HPET hardwire for timecounters. The HPET algorithm coexists with older RDTSC-based code, allowing dynamic switching of - timecounters. HPET registers a page that is + timecounters. A page with HPET registers is <tt>mmap(2)</tt>-ed readonly by libc into userland application programs' address space as needed. Measurements demonstrated modest improvements in <tt>gettimeofday(2)</tt> performance,
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