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+/*
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+#ifndef _KERNEL_DEVICE_MANAGER_H
+#define _KERNEL_DEVICE_MANAGER_H
+
+
+#include <SupportDefs.h>
+
+
+extern status_t device_manager_init(struct kernel_args *args);
+
+#endif	/* _KRENEL_DEVICE_MANAGER_H */