diff --git a/arch/i386/mach-generic/default.c b/arch/i386/mach-generic/default.c
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+/* 
+ * Default generic APIC driver. This handles upto 8 CPUs.
+ */
+#define APIC_DEFINITION 1
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/threads.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <asm/mpspec.h>
+#include <asm/mach-default/mach_apicdef.h>
+#include <asm/genapic.h>
+#include <asm/fixmap.h>
+#include <asm/apicdef.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <asm/mach-default/mach_apic.h>
+#include <asm/mach-default/mach_ipi.h>
+#include <asm/mach-default/mach_mpparse.h>
+
+/* should be called last. */
+static __init int probe_default(void)
+{ 
+	return 1;
+} 
+
+struct genapic apic_default = APIC_INIT("default", probe_default);