> Some software (like procps) needs the HZ constant in the kernel. It's
> sometimes determined by counting jiffies during a second. The attached patch
> just "publishes" the HZ constant in /proc/sys/kernel/hz.
And what is wrong with
getconf CLK_TCK
or programmatically
hz = sysconf (_SC_CLK_TCK);
Update your libc and this info will come from the kernel.
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