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+/*
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 NEC Corp.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 Erich Focht <efocht@ess.nec.de>
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 Kimio Suganuma <k-suganuma@da.jp.nec.com>
+ */
+#ifndef _ASM_IA64_NODEDATA_H
+#define _ASM_IA64_NODEDATA_H
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/numa.h>
+
+#include <asm/percpu.h>
+#include <asm/mmzone.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM
+
+/*
+ * Node Data. One of these structures is located on each node of a NUMA system.
+ */
+
+struct pglist_data;
+struct ia64_node_data {
+	short			active_cpu_count;
+	short			node;
+	struct pglist_data	*pg_data_ptrs[MAX_NUMNODES];
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Return a pointer to the node_data structure for the executing cpu.
+ */
+#define local_node_data		(local_cpu_data->node_data)
+
+/*
+ * Given a node id, return a pointer to the pg_data_t for the node.
+ *
+ * NODE_DATA 	- should be used in all code not related to system
+ *		  initialization. It uses pernode data structures to minimize
+ *		  offnode memory references. However, these structure are not 
+ *		  present during boot. This macro can be used once cpu_init
+ *		  completes.
+ */
+#define NODE_DATA(nid)		(local_node_data->pg_data_ptrs[nid])
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM */
+
+#endif /* _ASM_IA64_NODEDATA_H */