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- /*
- * Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
- * provided that: (1) source distributions retain this entire copyright
- * notice and comment, and (2) distributions including binaries display
- * the following acknowledgement: ``This product includes software
- * developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors''
- * in the documentation or other materials provided with the distribution
- * and in all advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
- * software. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its
- * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- * from this software without specific prior written permission.
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
- * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- */
-
- #ifndef lint
- static char sccsid[] = "@(#)hertz.c 5.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/90";
- #endif /* not lint */
-
- #include <sys/time.h>
-
- /*
- * discover the tick frequency of the machine
- * if something goes wrong, we return 0, an impossible hertz.
- */
- #define HZ_WRONG 0
-
- #ifdef __MSDOS__
- #define HERTZ 18
- #endif
-
- hertz()
- {
- #ifdef HERTZ
- return HERTZ;
- #else
- struct itimerval tim;
-
- tim.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
- tim.it_interval.tv_usec = 1;
- tim.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
- tim.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
- setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &tim, 0);
- setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, 0, &tim);
- if (tim.it_interval.tv_usec < 2)
- return(HZ_WRONG);
- return (1000000 / tim.it_interval.tv_usec);
- #endif
- }
-