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+/* 
+ * Written by the Chair for Operating Systems, RWTH Aachen University
+ * 
+ * NO Copyright (C) 2010-2011, Stefan Lankes
+ * consider these trivial macros to be public domain.
+ * 
+ * These functions are distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NETINET_TCP_H__
+#define __NETINET_TCP_H__
+
+#include <lwip/tcp.h>
+
+#endif /* __NETINET_TCP_H__ */