Please excuse me if this is the wrong list to send this to, this is my first submission to  
Gentoo since I recently installed. 
  
This patch adds a feature to set and save a tick value for machines that do not keep  
good time with the default tick value.  This does not adjust the value itself, it simply  
keeps the current value between start/stop and reboots.  I believe this might be quite 
useful for those with bad tick values due to overclocking or just plain broken 
hardware.  It doesn't have any adverse effect on those who don't need the change. 
 
-Rob