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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)