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TIMER(4) |
Kernel Interfaces Manual (SPARC) |
TIMER(4) |
NAME
timer — Timer driver for Sun SPARC computers
SYNOPSIS
timer0 at mainbus0 # sun4c
timer0 at obio0 # sun4m
timer0 at obio0 addr 0xef000000 # sun4/300
DESCRIPTION
The
timer device is used to generate clocks for the
NetBSD kernel.
The hardclock is provided by the timer register and the statistics clock by CPU counter registers.
HISTORY
The timer appeared in NetBSD 1.0.