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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef SYSTEM_ARCH_X86_ASM_DEFS_H
+#define SYSTEM_ARCH_X86_ASM_DEFS_H
+
+
+#define SYMBOL(name)			.global name; name
+#define SYMBOL_END(name)		1: .size name, 1b - name
+#define STATIC_FUNCTION(name)	.type name, @function; name
+#define FUNCTION(name)			.global name; .type name, @function; name
+#define FUNCTION_END(name)		1: .size name, 1b - name
+
+
+#endif	/* SYSTEM_ARCH_X86_ASM_DEFS_H */
+