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21 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)hertz.c 5.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/90";
27 * discover the tick frequency of the machine
28 * if something goes wrong, we return 0, an impossible hertz.
43 tim.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
44 tim.it_interval.tv_usec = 1;
45 tim.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
46 tim.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
47 setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &tim, 0);
48 setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, 0, &tim);
49 if (tim.it_interval.tv_usec < 2)
51 return (1000000 / tim.it_interval.tv_usec);