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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _BIONIC_LIBM_FREEBSD_COMPAT_H_included
+#define _BIONIC_LIBM_FREEBSD_COMPAT_H_included
+
+#define __weak_reference(sym,alias) \
+    __asm__(".weak " #alias); \
+    __asm__(".equ "  #alias ", " #sym)
+
+#define __strong_reference(sym,aliassym) \
+    extern __typeof (sym) aliassym __attribute__ ((__alias__ (#sym)))
+
+#endif