diff --git a/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h b/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
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+#ifndef _I386_PTRACE_H
+#define _I386_PTRACE_H
+
+#define EBX 0
+#define ECX 1
+#define EDX 2
+#define ESI 3
+#define EDI 4
+#define EBP 5
+#define EAX 6
+#define DS 7
+#define ES 8
+#define FS 9
+#define GS 10
+#define ORIG_EAX 11
+#define EIP 12
+#define CS  13
+#define EFL 14
+#define UESP 15
+#define SS   16
+#define FRAME_SIZE 17
+
+/* this struct defines the way the registers are stored on the 
+   stack during a system call. */
+
+struct pt_regs {
+	long ebx;
+	long ecx;
+	long edx;
+	long esi;
+	long edi;
+	long ebp;
+	long eax;
+	int  xds;
+	int  xes;
+	long orig_eax;
+	long eip;
+	int  xcs;
+	long eflags;
+	long esp;
+	int  xss;
+};
+
+/* Arbitrarily choose the same ptrace numbers as used by the Sparc code. */
+#define PTRACE_GETREGS            12
+#define PTRACE_SETREGS            13
+#define PTRACE_GETFPREGS          14
+#define PTRACE_SETFPREGS          15
+#define PTRACE_GETFPXREGS         18
+#define PTRACE_SETFPXREGS         19
+
+#define PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS         21
+
+#define PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA    25
+#define PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA    26
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+struct task_struct;
+extern void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code);
+#define user_mode(regs) ((VM_MASK & (regs)->eflags) || (3 & (regs)->xcs))
+#define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER)
+extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);
+#else
+#define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#endif