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+/*
+ * U-boot - current.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 blackfin.uclinux.org
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU 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
+ */
+
+#ifndef _BLACKFIN_CURRENT_H
+#define _BLACKFIN_CURRENT_H
+/*
+ *	current.h
+ *	(C) Copyright 2000, Lineo, David McCullough <davidm@lineo.com>
+ *
+ *	rather than dedicate a register (as the m68k source does), we
+ *	just keep a global,  we should probably just change it all to be
+ *	current and lose _current_task.
+ */
+
+extern struct task_struct *_current_task;
+#define get_current()	_current_task
+#define current 	_current_task
+
+#endif