-.\" $OpenBSD: timeout.9,v 1.26 2008/07/23 11:45:21 art Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: timeout.9,v 1.27 2008/07/24 17:31:59 mk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Artur Grabowski <art@openbsd.org>
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 23 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 24 2008 $
.Dt TIMEOUT 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm timeout_set ,
.Nm timeout_add ,
+.Nm timeout_add_sec ,
+.Nm timeout_add_nsec ,
+.Nm timeout_add_usec ,
+.Nm timeout_add_tv ,
+.Nm timeout_add_ts ,
+.Nm timeout_add_bt ,
.Nm timeout_del ,
.Nm timeout_pending ,
.Nm timeout_initialized ,
.Fn timeout_del
functions clear the triggered state for that timeout.
.Pp
-When possible, instead of using
-.Fn timeout_add
-the functions
+When possible, use the
.Fn timeout_add_tv ,
.Fn timeout_add_ts ,
.Fn timeout_add_bt ,
.Fn timeout_add_sec ,
.Fn timeout_add_usec ,
+and
.Fn timeout_add_nsec
-should be used.
-Those functions add a timeout doing conversion of the time specified
-by their respective types.
+functions instead of
+.Fn timeout_add .
+Those functions add a timeout whilst converting the time specified
+by the respective types.
.Sh CODE REFERENCES
These functions are implemented in the file
.Pa sys/kern/kern_timeout.c .