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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-07-31 06:11:24 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-07-31 06:11:24 +0000
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Update.
1999-07-30  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c (GET_NPROCS_PARSER): New
	definition.
	(__get_nprocs): Use it.
	(__get_nprocs_conf): Define as separate function if
	GET_NPROCS_CONF_PARSER is defined.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/getsysstats.c: New file.

	* include/sys/sysinfo.h: New file.
	* sysdeps/generic/sys/sysinfo.h: Remove declaration of internal
	interface.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/sysinfo.h: Likewise.

1999-07-30  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

	* libio/iofflush.c (fflush_unlocked): Weak aliase if
	_IO_MTSAFE_IO is not defined.
	* libio/clearerr.c (clearerr_unlocked): Likewise.
	* libio/feof.c (feof_unlocked): Likewise.
	* libio/ferror.c (ferror_unlocked): Likewise.
	* libio/fputc.c (fputc_unlocked): Likewise.
	* libio/getc.c (getc_unlocked, fgetc_unlocked): Likewise.
	* libio/getchar.c (getchar_unlocked): Likewise.
	* libio/putc.c (putc_unlocked): Likewise.
	* libio/putchar.c (putchar_unlocked): Likewise.

1999-07-30  Thorsten Kukuk  <kukuk@suse.de>

	* sunrpc/Versions: Add svc_getreq_common, svc_getreq_poll,
	  svc_max_pollfd and svc_pollfd to GLIBC_2.2
	* sunrpc/rpc/svc.h: Use rpc*_t types, add new prototypes
	  for svc_run/poll interface.
	* sunrpc/rpc/types.h: Add rpc*_t typedefs.
	* sunrpc/rpc_common.c: Add svc_pollfd and svc_max_pollfd as
	  global variable.
	* sunrpc/svc.c: Add svc_getreq_poll and svc_getreq_common,
	  rewrite other svc_getreq* functions to use svc_getreq_common.
	* sunrpc/svc_run.c: Use poll().

1999-07-30  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	* Makerules: Put sysd-versions and Versions.all on
	postclean-generated instead of common-generated.

1999-07-29  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* manual/time.texi (Basic CPU Time): Note that clock_t can wrap
	around and CLOCKS_PER_SEC is 1e6.
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@@ -95,11 +95,16 @@ to @code{double}, as in the example above, makes sure that operations
 such as arithmetic and printing work properly and consistently no matter
 what the underlying representation is.
 
+Note that the clock can wrap around.  On a 32bit system with
+@code{CLOCKS_PER_SEC} set to one million a wrap around happens after
+around 36 minutes.
+
 @comment time.h
 @comment ISO
 @deftypevr Macro int CLOCKS_PER_SEC
 The value of this macro is the number of clock ticks per second measured
-by the @code{clock} function.
+by the @code{clock} function.  POSIX requires that this value is one
+million independend of the actual resolution.
 @end deftypevr
 
 @comment time.h