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+/*
+ * Architecture specific (x86_64) functions for kexec based crash dumps.
+ *
+ * Created by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha (hari@in.ibm.com)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/kexec.h>
+
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/hardirq.h>
+#include <asm/nmi.h>
+#include <asm/hw_irq.h>
+
+note_buf_t crash_notes[NR_CPUS];
+
+void machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	/* This function is only called after the system
+	 * has paniced or is otherwise in a critical state.
+	 * The minimum amount of code to allow a kexec'd kernel
+	 * to run successfully needs to happen here.
+	 *
+	 * In practice this means shooting down the other cpus in
+	 * an SMP system.
+	 */
+}