diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/timex.h b/include/asm-sparc/timex.h
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+/*
+ * linux/include/asm-sparc/timex.h
+ *
+ * sparc architecture timex specifications
+ */
+#ifndef _ASMsparc_TIMEX_H
+#define _ASMsparc_TIMEX_H
+
+#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE	1193180 /* Underlying HZ */
+
+/* XXX Maybe do something better at some point... -DaveM */
+typedef unsigned long cycles_t;
+#define get_cycles()	(0)
+
+#endif