diff --git a/sys/arch/arc/arc/locore_machdep.S b/sys/arch/arc/arc/locore_machdep.S
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+/*	$NetBSD: locore_machdep.S,v 1.4 2000/01/23 20:08:53 soda Exp $	*/
+
+
+/*
+ * ARC-specific mips locore code
+ */
+
+#include <mips/asm.h>
+
+/*
+ * fillw(pat, addr, count)
+ */
+LEAF(fillw)
+1:
+	addiu	a2, a2, -1
+	sh	a0, 0(a1)
+	bne	a2,zero, 1b
+	addiu	a1, a1, 2
+
+	jr	ra
+	nop
+END(fillw)
+
+
+/*
+ * Interrupt counters for vmstat.
+ * XXX These aren't used yet.
+ */
+	.data
+	.globl intrcnt
+	.globl eintrcnt
+	.globl intrnames
+	.globl eintrnames
+intrnames:
+	.asciiz	"spur"
+	.asciiz	"hil"
+	.asciiz	"lev2"
+	.asciiz	"lev3"
+	.asciiz	"lev4"
+	.asciiz	"lev5"
+	.asciiz	"dma"
+	.asciiz	"clock"
+	.asciiz	"statclock"
+	.asciiz	"nmi"
+eintrnames:
+	.align	2
+intrcnt:
+	.word	0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
+eintrcnt: