diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/param.h b/include/asm-alpha/param.h
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+++ b/include/asm-alpha/param.h
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+#ifndef _ASM_ALPHA_PARAM_H
+#define _ASM_ALPHA_PARAM_H
+
+/* ??? Gross.  I don't want to parameterize this, and supposedly the
+   hardware ignores reprogramming.  We also need userland buy-in to the 
+   change in HZ, since this is visible in the wait4 resources etc.  */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+
+#ifndef HZ
+# ifndef CONFIG_ALPHA_RAWHIDE
+#  define HZ	1024
+# else
+#  define HZ	1200
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#define USER_HZ		HZ
+
+#define EXEC_PAGESIZE	8192
+
+#ifndef NOGROUP
+#define NOGROUP		(-1)
+#endif
+
+#define MAXHOSTNAMELEN	64	/* max length of hostname */
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+# define CLOCKS_PER_SEC	HZ	/* frequency at which times() counts */
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_ALPHA_PARAM_H */