Merge branch 'rickard/time_api/OTP-11997'

* rickard/time_api/OTP-11997: (22 commits)
  Update primary bootstrap
  inets: Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0
  inets: Cleanup of multiple copies of functions Add inets_lib with common functions used by multiple modules
  inets: Update comments
  Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0
  Use new time API and be back-compatible in inets Remove unused functions and removed redundant test
  asn1 test SUITE: Eliminate use of now/0
  Disable deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 in diameter_lib
  Use new time API and be back-compatible in ssh
  Replace all calls to now/0 in CT with new time API functions
  test_server: Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API
  Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API
  Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API
  Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API
  Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API
  otp_SUITE: Warn for calls to erlang:now/0
  Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API
  Multiple timer wheels
  Erlang based BIF timer implementation for scalability
  Implement ethread events with timeout
  ...

Conflicts:
	bootstrap/bin/start.boot
	bootstrap/bin/start_clean.boot
	bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/beam_asm.beam
	bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/compile.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/auth.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/dist_util.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/global.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/hipe_unified_loader.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_db.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_dns.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_res.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/os.beam
	bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/pg2.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets_utils.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/erl_tar.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/escript.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/file_sorter.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/otp_internal.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/qlc.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/random.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/supervisor.beam
	bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/timer.beam
	erts/aclocal.m4
	erts/emulator/beam/bif.c
	erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c
	erts/emulator/beam/erl_db_hash.c
	erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
	erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h
	erts/emulator/beam/erl_thr_progress.c
	erts/emulator/beam/utils.c
	erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys.c
	erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam
	erts/preloaded/ebin/erts_internal.beam
	erts/preloaded/ebin/init.beam
	erts/preloaded/src/erts_internal.erl
	lib/common_test/test/ct_hooks_SUITE_data/cth/tests/empty_cth.erl
	lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_lib.erl
	lib/kernel/src/os.erl
	lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl
	system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml

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diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
index 3513a91e34..df2ab0f811 100644
--- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
+++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
@@ -238,6 +238,35 @@
 	<cell>Number of arguments to a function or fun</cell>
 	<cell>255</cell>
       </row>
+      <row>
+        <cell><marker id="unique_references"/>Unique References on a Runtime System Instance</cell>
+        <cell>Each scheduler thread has its own set of references, and all
+        other threads have a shared set of references. Each set of references
+        consist of <c>2⁶⁴ - 1</c> unique references. That is the total
+        amount of unique references that can be produced on a runtime
+        system instance is <c>(NoSchedulers + 1) * (2⁶⁴ - 1)</c>. If a
+        scheduler thread create a new reference each nano second,
+        references will at earliest be reused after more than 584 years.
+	That is, for the foreseeable future they are unique enough.</cell>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <cell><marker id="unique_integers"/>Unique Integers on a Runtime System Instance</cell>
+        <cell>There are two types of unique integers both created using the
+        <seealso marker="erts:erlang#unique_integer/1">erlang:unique_integer()</seealso>
+        BIF. Unique integers created:
+         <taglist>
+	  <tag>with the <c>monotonic</c> modifier</tag>
+	  <item>consist of a set of <c>2⁶⁴ - 1</c> unique integers.</item>
+	  <tag>without the <c>monotonic</c> modifier</tag>
+	  <item>consist of a set of <c>2⁶⁴ - 1</c> unique integers per scheduler
+	  thread and a set of <c>2⁶⁴ - 1</c> unique integers shared by
+	  other threads. That is the total amount of unique integers without
+	  the <c>monotonic</c> modifier is <c>(NoSchedulers + 1) * (2⁶⁴ - 1)</c></item>
+        </taglist>
+      If a unique integer is created each nano second, unique integers
+      will at earliest be reused after more than 584 years. That is, for
+	the foreseeable future they are unique enough.</cell>
+      </row>	
       <tcaption>System Limits</tcaption>
     </table>
   </section>