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+/* 
+ * Copyright 2010 Stefan Lankes, Chair for Operating Systems,
+ *                               RWTH Aachen University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This file is part of MetalSVM.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ARCH_APIC_H__
+#define __ARCH_APIC_H__
+
+#include <metalsvm/stddef.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* MP Floating Pointer Structure */
+typedef struct {
+	uint32_t signature;
+	uint32_t mp_config;
+	uint8_t length;
+	uint8_t version;
+	uint8_t checksum;
+	uint8_t features[5];
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) apic_mp_t;
+
+/* MP Configuration Table */
+typedef struct {
+	uint32_t signature;
+	uint16_t length;
+	uint8_t	revision;
+	uint8_t checksum;
+	uint8_t oem_id[8];
+	uint8_t product_id[12];
+	uint32_t oem_table;
+	uint16_t oem_table_size;
+	uint16_t entry_count;
+	uint32_t lapic;
+	uint16_t extended_table_length;
+	uint8_t	extended_table_checksum;
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) apic_config_table_t;
+
+/* APIC Processor Entry */
+typedef struct {
+	uint8_t	type;
+	uint8_t id;
+	uint8_t version;
+	uint8_t cpu;
+	uint32_t cpu_signature;
+	uint32_t cpu_feature;
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) apic_processor_entry_t;
+
+/* IO APIC Entry */
+typedef struct {
+	uint8_t type;
+	uint8_t id;
+	uint8_t version;
+	uint8_t enabled;
+	uint32_t addr;
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) apic_io_entry_t;
+
+int apic_init(void);
+int has_apic(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif