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diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/unaligned.h b/include/asm-powerpc/unaligned.h
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+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#ifndef __PPC_UNALIGNED_H
+#define __PPC_UNALIGNED_H
+
+/*
+ * The PowerPC can do unaligned accesses itself in big endian mode.
+ *
+ * The strange macros are there to make sure these can't
+ * be misused in a way that makes them not work on other
+ * architectures where unaligned accesses aren't as simple.
+ */
+
+#define get_unaligned(ptr) (*(ptr))
+
+#define put_unaligned(val, ptr) ((void)( *(ptr) = (val) ))
+
+#endif
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */