diff --git a/include/asm-s390/timer.h b/include/asm-s390/timer.h
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+/*
+ *  include/asm-s390/timer.h
+ *
+ *  (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2003
+ *  Virtual CPU timer
+ *
+ *  Author: Jan Glauber (jang@de.ibm.com)
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_S390_TIMER_H
+#define _ASM_S390_TIMER_H
+
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+
+#define VTIMER_MAX_SLICE (0x7ffffffffffff000LL)
+
+struct vtimer_list {
+	struct list_head entry;
+
+	int cpu;
+	__u64 expires;
+	__u64 interval;
+
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	unsigned long magic;
+
+	void (*function)(unsigned long, struct pt_regs*);
+	unsigned long data;
+};
+
+/* the offset value will wrap after ca. 71 years */
+struct vtimer_queue {
+	struct list_head list;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	__u64 to_expire;	  /* current event expire time */
+	__u64 offset;		  /* list offset to zero */
+	__u64 idle;		  /* temp var for idle */
+};
+
+extern void init_virt_timer(struct vtimer_list *timer);
+extern void add_virt_timer(void *new);
+extern void add_virt_timer_periodic(void *new);
+extern int mod_virt_timer(struct vtimer_list *timer, __u64 expires);
+extern int del_virt_timer(struct vtimer_list *timer);
+
+#endif