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+#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_TIMEX_H
+#define _ASM_POWERPC_TIMEX_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+/*
+ * PowerPC architecture timex specifications
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm/cputable.h>
+
+#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE 1024000 /* Underlying HZ */
+
+typedef unsigned long cycles_t;
+
+static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
+{
+ cycles_t ret;
+
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+
+ __asm__ __volatile__("mftb %0" : "=r" (ret) : );
+
+#else
+ /*
+ * For the "cycle" counter we use the timebase lower half.
+ * Currently only used on SMP.
+ */
+
+ ret = 0;
+
+ __asm__ __volatile__(
+ "98: mftb %0\n"
+ "99:\n"
+ ".section __ftr_fixup,\"a\"\n"
+ " .long %1\n"
+ " .long 0\n"
+ " .long 98b\n"
+ " .long 99b\n"
+ ".previous"
+ : "=r" (ret) : "i" (CPU_FTR_601));
+#endif
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_TIMEX_H */