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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#
+# code16gcc.h
+#
+# This file is added to the assembler via -Wa when compiling 16-bit C code.
+# This is done this way instead via asm() to make sure gcc does not reorder
+# things around us.
+#
+# gcc 4.9+ has a real -m16 option so we can drop this hack long term.
+#
+
+	.code16gcc