diff --git a/man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 b/man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 index f8e585481..6af2d43f1 100644 --- a/man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 +++ b/man3/__ppc_get_timebase.3 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ .\" Copyright (c) 2012, IBM Corporation. .\" +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) .\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this .\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are .\" preserved on all copies. @@ -19,29 +20,33 @@ .\" .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. - +.\" %%%LICENSE_END +.\" .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 +__ppc_get_timebase \- get the current value of the Time Base Register on Power architecture .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include .sp .BI "uint64_t __ppc_get_timebase(void)" .SH DESCRIPTION -.BR __ppc_get_timebase() +.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 +The Time Base Register is a 64-bit register provided by Power Architecture +processors. +It stores a monotonically incremented value that is 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. +GNU C Library support for +.\" commit d9dc34cd569bcfe714fe8c708e58c028106e8b2e +.BR __ppc_get_timebase () +has been provided since version 2.16. .SH CONFORMING TO This function is a nonstandard GNU extension. .SH SEE ALSO