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__ppc_get_timebase.3: New page documenting __ppc_get_timebase() 

Glibc 2.16 was released with a new function for the Power
architecture that can read its Time Base Register.

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.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
Power 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 Power Architecture
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 a 64-bit unsigned integer 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)