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Remove references to the defunct kern.timecounter.method sysctl variable.

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@ -69,19 +69,8 @@ Whereas
.Fn getmicrouptime
and
.Fn getnanouptime
functions are abstractions which can alternately return a less precise, but
functions are abstractions which return a less precise, but
faster to obtain, time.
This behaviour can be toggled via the
kern.timecounter.method sysctl variable:
.Bl -tag -width ABC
.It Dv 0
sacrifice precision in favor of faster code execution
.It Dv 1
return the more precise time (the same as calling
.Fn microuptime
or
.Fn nanouptime ) .
.El
.Pp
The intent of the
.Fn getmicrouptime
@ -95,9 +84,6 @@ execution time.
.Xr microtime 9 ,
.Xr nanotime 9 ,
.Xr tvtohz 9
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Buggy hardware can cause "calcru negative..." when kern.timecounter.method
is set to 0.
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Kelly Yancey Aq kbyanc@posi.net .