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+/* 
+ * Quagga Signal handling header.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Paul Jakma.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Quagga.
+ *
+ * Quagga 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.
+ *
+ * Quagga 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 Quagga; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.  
+ */
+
+#ifndef _QUAGGA_SIGNAL_H
+#define _QUAGGA_SIGNAL_H
+#include <thread.h>
+
+#define QUAGGA_SIGNAL_TIMER_INTERVAL 2L
+#define Q_SIGC(sig) (sizeof(sig)/sizeof(sig[0]))
+
+struct quagga_signal_t
+{
+  int signal;                     /* signal number    */
+  void (*handler) (void);         /* handler to call  */
+
+  volatile sig_atomic_t caught;   /* private member   */
+};
+
+/* initialise sigevent system
+ * takes:
+ * - pointer to valid struct thread_master
+ * - number of elements in passed in signals array
+ * - array of quagga_signal_t's describing signals to handle
+ *   and handlers to use for each signal
+ */
+void signal_init (struct thread_master *m, int sigc, 
+                         struct quagga_signal_t *signals);
+
+#endif /* _QUAGGA_SIGNAL_H */