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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-03-07 01:20:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-03-07 01:35:12 +0100 |
| commit | 4ed5a32d22d89bd57776de6bf43f3015d9ef296a (patch) | |
| tree | afbc8683da7e34081fbbce7175d618dca7bb2eef | |
| parent | e837b41c131125ee4ba308367a5caa87f11e7346 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-4ed5a32d22d89bd57776de6bf43f3015d9ef296a.tar.gz | |
adjtimex.2: Minor wording and formatting fixes
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/adjtimex.2 | 23 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man2/adjtimex.2 b/man2/adjtimex.2 index e1b5397b83..6012338702 100644 --- a/man2/adjtimex.2 +++ b/man2/adjtimex.2 @@ -53,29 +53,32 @@ This structure is declared as follows: struct timex { int modes; /* Mode selector */ long offset; /* Time offset; nanoseconds, if STA_NANO - status flag is set, otherwise microseconds */ - long freq; /* Frequency offset, in units of 2^-16 ppm - (parts per million, see NOTES below) */ + status flag is set, otherwise + microseconds */ + long freq; /* Frequency offset; see NOTES for units */ long maxerror; /* Maximum error (microseconds) */ long esterror; /* Estimated error (microseconds) */ int status; /* Clock command/status */ long constant; /* PLL (phase-locked loop) time constant */ - long precision; /* Clock precision (microseconds, read-only) */ - long tolerance; /* Clock frequency tolerance (ppm, read-only) */ + long precision; /* Clock precision + (microseconds, read-only) */ + long tolerance; /* Clock frequency tolerance (read-only); + see NOTES for units */ struct timeval time; /* Current time (read-only, except for ADJ_SETOFFSET); upon return, time.tv_usec contains nanoseconds, if STA_NANO status flag is set, otherwise microseconds */ long tick; /* Microseconds between clock ticks */ - long ppsfreq; /* PPS (pulse per second) frequency (in units - of 2^-16 ppm\-\-see NOTES, read-only) */ + long ppsfreq; /* PPS (pulse per second) frequency + (read-only); see NOTES for units */ long jitter; /* PPS jitter (read-only); nanoseconds, if STA_NANO status flag is set, otherwise microseconds */ - int shift; /* PPS interval duration (seconds, read-only) */ - long stabil; /* PPS stability (2^-16 ppm\-\-see NOTES, - read-only) */ + int shift; /* PPS interval duration + (seconds, read-only) */ + long stabil; /* PPS stability (read-only); + see NOTES for units */ long jitcnt; /* PPS count of jitter limit exceeded events (read-only) */ long calcnt; /* PPS count of calibration intervals |