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DELAY(9r)							     DELAY(9r)

NAME
       DELAY  -	 General:  Delays  the	calling	 routine a specified number of
       microseconds

SYNOPSIS
       void DELAY(
	       int Specifies n );

ARGUMENTS
       Specifies the number of microseconds for the calling process to spin.

DESCRIPTION
       The DELAY routine delays the calling  routine  a	 specified  number  of
       microseconds.   DELAY  spins,  waiting  for  the	 specified  number  of
       microseconds to pass before continuing execution.

       For example, the following code results in a 10000-microsecond (10-mil‐
       lisecond) delay:

	.
	.
	.
	DELAY(10000);
	.
	.
	.

       The  range  of  delays  is system dependent, due to its relation to the
       granularity of the system clock. The system defines the number of clock
       ticks  per second in the hz variable. Specifying any value smaller than
       1 Hz to the DELAY routine results in an unpredictable  delay.  For  any
       delay value, the actual delay may vary by plus or minus one clock tick.

       Using  the  DELAY  routine is discouraged because the processor will be
       consumed for the specified time interval and therefore  is  unavailable
       to  service  other processes. In cases where kernel modules need timing
       mechanisms, you should use the sleep and timeout	 routines  instead  of
       the  DELAY  routine.   The most common usage of the DELAY routine is in
       the system boot path. Using DELAY in the boot path is often  acceptable
       because there are no other processes in contention for the processor.

RETURN VALUES
       None

SEE ALSO
       Routines: sleep(9r), timeout(9r)

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