diff --git a/include/asm-i386/mach-default/smpboot_hooks.h b/include/asm-i386/mach-default/smpboot_hooks.h
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+++ b/include/asm-i386/mach-default/smpboot_hooks.h
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+/* two abstractions specific to kernel/smpboot.c, mainly to cater to visws
+ * which needs to alter them. */
+
+static inline void smpboot_clear_io_apic_irqs(void)
+{
+	io_apic_irqs = 0;
+}
+
+static inline void smpboot_setup_warm_reset_vector(unsigned long start_eip)
+{
+	CMOS_WRITE(0xa, 0xf);
+	local_flush_tlb();
+	Dprintk("1.\n");
+	*((volatile unsigned short *) TRAMPOLINE_HIGH) = start_eip >> 4;
+	Dprintk("2.\n");
+	*((volatile unsigned short *) TRAMPOLINE_LOW) = start_eip & 0xf;
+	Dprintk("3.\n");
+}
+
+static inline void smpboot_restore_warm_reset_vector(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Install writable page 0 entry to set BIOS data area.
+	 */
+	local_flush_tlb();
+
+	/*
+	 * Paranoid:  Set warm reset code and vector here back
+	 * to default values.
+	 */
+	CMOS_WRITE(0, 0xf);
+
+	*((volatile long *) phys_to_virt(0x467)) = 0;
+}
+
+static inline void smpboot_setup_io_apic(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Here we can be sure that there is an IO-APIC in the system. Let's
+	 * go and set it up:
+	 */
+	if (!skip_ioapic_setup && nr_ioapics)
+		setup_IO_APIC();
+}