1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index e5fa5034551..7f480db6023 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ typedef u32 phys_addr_t;
 
 typedef phys_addr_t resource_size_t;
 
+/*
+ * This type is the placeholder for a hardware interrupt number. It has to be
+ * big enough to enclose whatever representation is used by a given platform.
+ */
+typedef unsigned long irq_hw_number_t;
+
 typedef struct {
         int counter;
 } atomic_t;