Nits. [jmk] --rw-rw-r-- M 845139 glenda sys 12029 Dec 6 09:47 sys/man/3/proc /n/sourcesdump/2005/1206/plan9/sys/man/3/proc:360,371 - /n/sourcesdump/2005/1207/plan9/sys/man/3/proc:360,371 .IR deadline . The moment of release is dictated by the .I period - and whther the process is + and whether the process is .I sporadic or not. Non-sporadic processes are called .I periodic - and they are released precisely at intervals of their period (but perods can be skipped + and they are released precisely at intervals of their period (but periods can be skipped if the process blocks on I/O). Sporadic processes are released whenever they become runnable (after being blocked by .IR sleep ()