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 2001-04-06  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	* sysdeps/ia64/abort-instr.h: New file.  Code by David Mosberger.
+
 	* sysdeps/ia64/atomicity.h: New file.  Copied from libstdc++.
 
 	* sysdeps/i386/i486/atomicity.h: Clean up the asms.
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/abort-instr.h b/sysdeps/ia64/abort-instr.h
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+/* An instruction which should crash any program is `break 0' which triggers
+   SIGILL.  */
+#define ABORT_INSTRUCTION asm ("break 0")