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- Use better terminology when describing mutex operations in msleep(9)'s

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description.
- Remove some bogus commas.
- Use the past tense when referring to the removal of the sleep() function
  since it happened quite a while ago and since the previous sentence in the
  paragraph already uses the past tense.

Approved by:	re (rwatson)
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jhb 2003-05-16 15:52:32 +00:00
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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The
function is a variation on tsleep.
The parameter
.Ar mtx
is a mutex, which will be exited before sleeping, and entered before
is a mutex which will be released before sleeping and reacquired before
.Fn msleep
returns.
If
@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ includes the
.Dv PDROP
flag, the
.Ar mtx
parameter will not be entered before returning.
parameter will not be reacquired before returning.
The mutex is
used to ensure that a condition can be checked atomically, and
that the current process can be suspended without missing a
@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ function appeared in
The
.Fn sleep
function used to be the traditional form.
It does not let you specify a timeout or a
It did not let you specify a timeout or a
.Ar wmesg ,
hence it has been discontinued.
hence it was discontinued.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
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