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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2001
+ * Josh Huber <huber@mclx.com>, Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * cpu_init.c - low level cpu init
+ *
+ * there's really nothing going on here yet.  future work area?
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <74xx_7xx.h>
+
+/*
+ * Breath some life into the CPU...
+ *
+ * there's basically nothing to do here since the memory controller
+ * isn't on the CPU in this case.
+ */
+void
+cpu_init_f (void)
+{
+	if (get_cpu_type() == CPU_7450) {
+		/* enable the timebase bit in HID0 */
+		set_hid0(get_hid0() | 0x4000000);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * initialize higher level parts of CPU like timers
+ */
+int cpu_init_r (void)
+{
+	return (0);
+}