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 2000-02-03  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
+	* sysdeps/mips/abort-instr.h: New file.
+
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/sigcontextinfo.h: New file.
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/register-dump.h: New file.
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/abort-instr.h b/sysdeps/mips/abort-instr.h
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+/* An instruction which should crash any program is a breakpoint.  */
+#define ABORT_INSTRUCTION asm ("break 255")