diff --git a/include/metalsvm/init.h b/include/metalsvm/init.h
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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 __INIT_H__
+#define __INIT_H__
+
+#include <metalsvm/stddef.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+int lowlevel_init(void);
+int network_init(void);
+int network_shutdown(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/metalsvm/page.h b/include/metalsvm/page.h
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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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Defines the interface for and structures relating to paging.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __PAGE_H__
+#define __PAGE_H__
+
+#include <metalsvm/stddef.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+/*
+ * Sets up the environment, page directories etc and
+ * enables paging.
+ */
+static inline int paging_init(void) { return arch_paging_init(); }
+
+#endif