diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/arch/x86/arch_vm_translation_map.h b/headers/private/kernel/arch/x86/arch_vm_translation_map.h
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+/*
+** Copyright 2003, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+#ifndef _KERNEL_ARCH_x86_VM_TRANSLATION_MAP_H
+#define _KERNEL_ARCH_x86_VM_TRANSLATION_MAP_H
+
+
+#include <arch/vm_translation_map.h>
+
+
+// quick function to return the physical pgdir of a mapping, needed for a context switch
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+void *i386_translation_map_get_pgdir(vm_translation_map *map);
+
+#endif /* _KERNEL_ARCH_x86_VM_TRANSLATION_MAP_H */