diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/socket.h b/include/asm-alpha/socket.h
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+#ifndef _ASM_SOCKET_H
+#define _ASM_SOCKET_H
+
+#include <asm/sockios.h>
+
+/* For setsockopt(2) */
+/*
+ * Note: we only bother about making the SOL_SOCKET options
+ * same as OSF/1, as that's all that "normal" programs are
+ * likely to set.  We don't necessarily want to be binary
+ * compatible with _everything_. 
+ */
+#define SOL_SOCKET	0xffff
+
+#define SO_DEBUG	0x0001
+#define SO_REUSEADDR	0x0004
+#define SO_KEEPALIVE	0x0008
+#define SO_DONTROUTE	0x0010
+#define SO_BROADCAST	0x0020
+#define SO_LINGER	0x0080
+#define SO_OOBINLINE	0x0100
+/* To add :#define SO_REUSEPORT 0x0200 */
+
+#define SO_TYPE		0x1008
+#define SO_ERROR	0x1007
+#define SO_SNDBUF	0x1001
+#define SO_RCVBUF	0x1002
+#define	SO_RCVLOWAT	0x1010
+#define	SO_SNDLOWAT	0x1011
+#define	SO_RCVTIMEO	0x1012
+#define	SO_SNDTIMEO	0x1013
+#define SO_ACCEPTCONN	0x1014
+
+/* linux-specific, might as well be the same as on i386 */
+#define SO_NO_CHECK	11
+#define SO_PRIORITY	12
+#define SO_BSDCOMPAT	14
+
+#define SO_PASSCRED	17
+#define SO_PEERCRED	18
+#define SO_BINDTODEVICE 25
+
+/* Socket filtering */
+#define SO_ATTACH_FILTER        26
+#define SO_DETACH_FILTER        27
+
+#define SO_PEERNAME		28
+#define SO_TIMESTAMP		29
+#define SCM_TIMESTAMP		SO_TIMESTAMP
+
+#define SO_PEERSEC		30
+
+/* Security levels - as per NRL IPv6 - don't actually do anything */
+#define SO_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION		19
+#define SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_TRANSPORT	20
+#define SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_NETWORK		21
+
+#endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */