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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Paul Davis, Tilman Linneweh
+
+    Generic version, overridden by OS-specific definition when needed.
+    
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+    
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+    
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+    $Id$
+*/
+
+void jack_init_time ()
+{
+	/* nothing to do on a generic system - we use the system clock */
+}
+void jack_set_clock_source (jack_timer_type_t clocksrc) 
+{
+	/* only one clock source on a generic system */
+}
+