TIMER(4) | Device Drivers Manual (sparc) | TIMER(4)

# NAME

`timer` — Timer driver for Sun SPARC computers

# SYNOPSIS

`timer0 at mainbus0 # sun4c`
`timer0 at obio0 # sun4m`
`timer0 at obio0 addr 0xef000000 # sun4/300`

# DESCRIPTION

The `timer` device is used to generate clocks for the NetBSD kernel.

The hardclock is provided by the timer register and the statistics clock by CPU counter registers.

# SEE ALSO

sparc/clock(4)

# HISTORY

The `timer` appeared in NetBSD 1.0.

February 24, 2006 | NetBSD 11.0