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+/* BGP-4 Finite State Machine   
+   From RFC1771 [A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)]
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Kunihiro Ishiguro
+
+This file is part of GNU Zebra.
+
+GNU Zebra is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+GNU Zebra is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Zebra; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Macro for BGP read, write and timer thread.  */
+#define BGP_READ_ON(T,F,V)   THREAD_READ_ON(master,T,F,peer,V)
+#define BGP_READ_OFF(X)      THREAD_READ_OFF(X)
+
+#define BGP_WRITE_ON(T,F,V)  THREAD_WRITE_ON(master,T,F,peer,V)
+#define BGP_WRITE_OFF(X)     THREAD_WRITE_OFF(X)
+
+#define BGP_TIMER_ON(T,F,V)  THREAD_TIMER_ON(master,T,F,peer,V)
+#define BGP_TIMER_OFF(X)     THREAD_TIMER_OFF(X)
+
+#define BGP_EVENT_ADD(P,E) \
+    thread_add_event (master, bgp_event, (P), (E))
+
+#define BGP_EVENT_DELETE(P) \
+    thread_cancel_event (master, (P))
+
+/* Prototypes. */
+int bgp_event (struct thread *);
+int bgp_stop (struct peer *peer);
+void bgp_timer_set (struct peer *);
+void bgp_fsm_change_status (struct peer *peer, int status);