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Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.timer.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.timer.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml index fd03bda9cd..cfa13015b0 100644 --- a/man/systemd.timer.xml +++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><varname>RandomSec=</varname></term> + <term><varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname></term> <listitem><para>Delay the timer by a randomly selected, evenly distributed amount of time between 0 and the specified time @@ -222,16 +222,16 @@ time range in order to minimize wakeups, the former does the opposite: it stretches timer events over a time range, to make it unlikely that they fire simultaneously. If - <varname>RandomSec=</varname> and + <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> and <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> are used in conjunction, first - the a randomized time is added, and the result is then - possibly shifted further to coalesce it with other timer - events possibly happening on the system. As mentioned above + the randomized delay is added, and then the result is + possibly further shifted to coalesce it with other timer + events happening on the system. As mentioned above <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> defaults to 1min and - <varname>RandomSec=</varname> to 0, thus encouraging + <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> to 0, thus encouraging coalescing of timer events. In order to optimally stretch timer events over a certain range of time, make sure to set - <varname>RandomSec=</varname> to a higher value, and + <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> to a higher value, and <varname>AccuracySec=1us</varname>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |