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getpriority.2: Move text describing nice range on other systems 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-05-16 08:25:36 +02:00
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@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ manner as Linux 2.6.12 and later.
The actual priority range varies between kernel versions.
Linux before 1.3.36 had \-infinity..15.
Since kernel 1.3.43, Linux has the range \-20..19.
On some other systems, the range of nice values is \-20..20.
Within the kernel, nice values are actually represented
using the corresponding range 40..1
(since negative numbers are error codes) and these are the values
@ -209,8 +211,6 @@ translations between the user-land and kernel representations
of the nice value according to the formula
.IR "unice\ =\ 20\ \-\ knice" .
.LP
On some systems, the range of nice values is \-20..20.
.LP
Including
.I <sys/time.h>
is not required these days, but increases portability.