CPU_INITCLOCKS(9)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

hey bestie! welcome to CPU_INITCLOCKS(9), the Kernel Developer's Manual page that's lowkey iconic for anyone poking at kernel clock setup. 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

  • cpu_initclocks — machine-dependent clock setup interface. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/systm.h>

void
cpu_initclocks(void);

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so here's the tea: cpu_initclocks() is invoked by initclocks() during system bootstrap, immediately after autoconfiguration. 🫶

its whole main-character job is to perform the machine-dependent initialization of clock frequencies and start the real-time and statistic clocks running. no cap, that's the move. 🔥

🔍 CODE REFERENCES 🔍

Machine-independent clock interface operations are performed within the file sys/kern/kern_clock.c. 📂 iykyk. 🦋

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

  • autoconf(9) — the one and only SEE ALSO bestie on this page. go give it a read. 👑

mwah 💋 this page is from Debian, dated May 24, 2002 — CPU_INITCLOCKS(9) signing off. 🎀

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