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6.17.4 osenv_timer_spin: Wait for a specified amount of time without blocking.

 

SYNOPSIS

void osenv_timer_spin(long nanosec);

DIRECTION

Component tex2html_wrap_inline32841 OS, Nonblocking

DESCRIPTION

This allows a driver component to block for a specified amount of time (usually for hardware to catch up) without blocking. Unlike with osenv_sleep, this cannot give up the process-level lock.

PARAMETERS

nanosec
Time to spin, in nanoseconds.


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