adjtimex.2: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-08-15 08:55:35 +02:00
parent 46661ad999
commit 8c1cb77bee
1 changed files with 12 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ adjtimex, ntp_adjtime \- tune kernel clock
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/timex.h>
.PP
.BI "int adjtimex(struct timex *" "buf" );
.PP
.BI "int ntp_adjtime(struct timex *" buf );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ and returns the same structure updated with the current kernel values.
This structure is declared as follows:
.PP
.in +4n
.nf
.EX
struct timex {
int modes; /* Mode selector */
long offset; /* Time offset; nanoseconds, if STA_NANO
@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct timex {
since Linux 2.6.26) */
/* Further padding bytes to allow for future expansion */
};
.fi
.EE
.in
.PP
The
@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ should be specified.
.\" commit 153b5d054ac2d98ea0d86504884326b6777f683d
Set TAI (Atomic International Time) offset from
.IR buf.constant .
.IP
.BR ADJ_TAI
should not be used in conjunction with
.BR ADJ_TIMECONST ,
since the latter mode also employs the
.IR buf.constant
field.
.IP
For a complete explanation of TAI
and the difference between TAI and UTC, see
.UR http://www.bipm.org/en/bipm/tai/tai.html
@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Ordinary users are restricted to a value of either 0 or
for
.IR modes .
Only the superuser may set any parameters.
.PP
The
.I buf.status
field is a bit mask that is used to set and/or retrieve status
@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ result in dampened frequency adjustments also being made.
So a single call corrects the current offset,
but as offsets in the same direction are made repeatedly,
the small frequency adjustments will accumulate to fix the long-term skew.
.IP
This flag prevents the small frequency adjustment from being made
when correcting for an
.B ADJ_OFFSET
@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
.SH CONFORMING TO
Neither of these interfaces is described in POSIX.1
.PP
.BR adjtimex ()
is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs
intended to be portable.
.PP
The preferred API for the NTP daemon is
.BR ntp_adjtime ().
.SH NOTES
@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ actually means 2^-16 ppm, and 2^16=65536 is 1 ppm.
This is the case for both input values (in the case of
.IR freq )
and output values.
.PP
The leap-second processing triggered by
.B STA_INS
and
@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ for the leap second to be inserted or deleted.
.BR time (7),
.BR adjtimex (8),
.BR hwclock (8)
.PP
.ad l
.UR http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/\:package/\:rtems/\:src/\:ssrlApps/\:ntpNanoclock/\:api.htm
NTP "Kernel Application Program Interface"