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diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/dl-sysdep.h b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/dl-sysdep.h
index 0eb5f32ac3..5e59962a48 100644
--- a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/dl-sysdep.h
+++ b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/dl-sysdep.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* System-specific settings for dynamic linker code. Generic version.
+/* System-specific settings for dynamic linker code. IA-32 version.
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
@@ -42,4 +42,28 @@
#define RTLD_CORRECT_DYNAMIC_WEAK 1
+
+/* Traditionally system calls have been made using int $0x80. A
+ second method was introduced which, if possible, will use the
+ sysenter/syscall instructions. To signal the presence and where to
+ find the code the kernel passes an AT_SYSINFO value in the
+ auxiliary vector to the application.
+ sysenter/syscall is not useful on i386 through i586, but the dynamic
+ linker and dl code in libc.a has to be able to load i686 compiled
+ libraries. */
+#define NEED_DL_SYSINFO 1
+#undef USE_DL_SYSINFO
+
+#if defined NEED_DL_SYSINFO && !defined __ASSEMBLER__
+extern void _dl_sysinfo_int80 (void) attribute_hidden;
+# define DL_SYSINFO_DEFAULT (uintptr_t) _dl_sysinfo_int80
+# define DL_SYSINFO_IMPLEMENTATION \
+ asm (".type _dl_sysinfo_int80,@function\n\t" \
+ ".hidden _dl_sysinfo_int80\n" \
+ "_dl_sysinfo_int80:\n\t" \
+ "int $0x80;\n\t" \
+ "ret;\n\t" \
+ ".size _dl_sysinfo_int80,.-_dl_sysinfo_int80");
+#endif
+
#endif /* dl-sysdep.h */