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+#ifndef _LINUX_REBOOT_H
+#define _LINUX_REBOOT_H
+
+/*
+ * Magic values required to use _reboot() system call.
+ */
+
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1	0xfee1dead
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2	672274793
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2A	85072278
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2B	369367448
+
+
+/*
+ * Commands accepted by the _reboot() system call.
+ *
+ * RESTART     Restart system using default command and mode.
+ * HALT        Stop OS and give system control to ROM monitor, if any.
+ * CAD_ON      Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence causes RESTART command.
+ * CAD_OFF     Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence sends SIGINT to init task.
+ * POWER_OFF   Stop OS and remove all power from system, if possible.
+ * RESTART2    Restart system using given command string.
+ */
+
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART	0x01234567
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT		0xCDEF0123
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_ON		0x89ABCDEF
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_OFF	0x00000000
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF	0x4321FEDC
+#define	LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2	0xA1B2C3D4
+
+/* Including <unistd.h> makes sure that on a glibc system
+   <features.h> is included, which again defines __GLIBC__ */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "linux_reboot.h"
+
+#define USE_LIBC
+
+#ifdef USE_LIBC
+
+/* libc version */
+#if defined __GLIBC__ && __GLIBC__ >= 2
+#  include <sys/reboot.h>
+#  define REBOOT(cmd) reboot(cmd)
+#else
+extern int reboot(int, int, int);
+#  define REBOOT(cmd) reboot(LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1,LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2,(cmd))
+#endif
+static inline int my_reboot(int cmd) {
+	return REBOOT(cmd);
+}
+
+#else /* no USE_LIBC */
+
+/* direct syscall version */
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef _syscall3
+_syscall3(int,  reboot,  int,  magic, int, magic_too, int, cmd);
+#else
+/* Let us hope we have a 3-argument reboot here */
+extern int reboot(int, int, int);
+#endif
+
+static inline int my_reboot(int cmd) {
+	return reboot(LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1, LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2, cmd);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
+#endif /*  _LINUX_REBOOT_H  */