diff --git a/include/asm-cris/namei.h b/include/asm-cris/namei.h
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+/* $Id: namei.h,v 1.1 2000/07/10 16:32:31 bjornw Exp $
+ * linux/include/asm-cris/namei.h
+ *
+ * Included from linux/fs/namei.c
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CRIS_NAMEI_H
+#define __CRIS_NAMEI_H
+
+/* used to find file-system prefixes for doing emulations
+ * see for example asm-sparc/namei.h
+ * we don't use it...
+ */
+
+#define __emul_prefix() NULL
+
+#endif /* __CRIS_NAMEI_H */