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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code 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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef CPU_PPC_VM_VM_VERSION_EXT_PPC_HPP
+#define CPU_PPC_VM_VM_VERSION_EXT_PPC_HPP
+
+#include "utilities/macros.hpp"
+#include "vm_version_ppc.hpp"
+
+#define CPU_INFO        "cpu_info"
+#define CPU_TYPE        "fpu_type"
+#define CPU_DESCRIPTION "implementation"
+#define CHIP_ID         "chip_id"
+#define CORE_ID         "core_id"
+
+class VM_Version_Ext : public VM_Version {
+ private:
+
+  static const size_t      CPU_TYPE_DESC_BUF_SIZE = 256;
+  static const size_t      CPU_DETAILED_DESC_BUF_SIZE = 4096;
+
+  static int               _no_of_threads;
+  static int               _no_of_cores;
+  static int               _no_of_sockets;
+  static char              _cpu_name[CPU_TYPE_DESC_BUF_SIZE];
+  static char              _cpu_desc[CPU_DETAILED_DESC_BUF_SIZE];
+
+  static bool initialize_cpu_information(void);
+
+ public:
+
+  static int number_of_threads(void);
+  static int number_of_cores(void);
+  static int number_of_sockets(void);
+
+  static const char* cpu_name(void);
+  static const char* cpu_description(void);
+};
+
+#endif // CPU_PPC_VM_VM_VERSION_EXT_PPC_HPP