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authorbors[bot] <26634292+bors[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>2019-11-13 20:20:30 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-11-13 20:20:30 +0000
commite28294b22088298f94197fdbdea39ac816920514 (patch)
treeafa9bb7300400bb4e1b4a62017b6a983232a0bc1
parent85463ed6c33629866f3977d2093ab3424a5a1b6e (diff)
parent2441b7e38978f3fa8d555ee85f2632176e0a2c86 (diff)
Merge #271
271: Minor docs update to monotonic r=japaric a=korken89 Co-authored-by: Emil Fresk <emil.fresk@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--src/lib.rs6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d661c54..614ba85 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ pub struct Fraction {
/// A monotonic clock / counter
pub trait Monotonic {
- /// A measurement of this clock
+ /// A measurement of this clock, use `CYCCNT` as a reference implementation for `Instant`.
+ /// Note that the Instant must be a signed value such as `i32`.
type Instant: Copy + Ord + Sub;
- /// The ratio between the SysTick (system timer) frequency and this clock frequency
+ /// The ratio between the system timer (SysTick) frequency and this clock frequency, i.e.
+ /// `Monotonic clock * Fraction = System clock`
///
/// The ratio must be expressed in *reduced* `Fraction` form to prevent overflows. That is
/// `2 / 3` instead of `4 / 6`