2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h b/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
index e42820d6d25b..5b9e3f41d649 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ static inline int dump_task_regs(struct task_struct *tsk,
 extern int dump_task_fpu(struct task_struct *, elf_fpregset_t *); 
 #define ELF_CORE_COPY_FPREGS(tsk, elf_fpregs) dump_task_fpu(tsk, elf_fpregs)
 
+typedef elf_vrregset_t elf_fpxregset_t;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+extern int dump_task_altivec(struct task_struct *, elf_vrregset_t *vrregs);
+#define ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS(tsk, regs) dump_task_altivec(tsk, regs)
+#define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE NT_PPC_VMX
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 /* ELF_HWCAP yields a mask that user programs can use to figure out what
diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
index d2da84acf45d..0eb9ed2f4189 100644
--- a/include/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/linux/elf.h
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
 #define NT_TASKSTRUCT   4
 #define NT_AUXV         6
 #define NT_PRXFPREG     0x46e62b7f      /* copied from gdb5.1/include/elf/common.h */
+#define NT_PPC_VMX      0x100           /* PowerPC Altivec/VMX registers */
 
 
 /* Note header in a PT_NOTE section */