smp_invalidate_interrupt)
 #endif
 
+BUILD_INTERRUPT(generic_interrupt, GENERIC_INTERRUPT_VECTOR)
+
 /*
  * every pentium local APIC has two 'local interrupts', with a
  * soft-definable vector attached to both interrupts, one of
 
        unsigned int apic_timer_irqs;   /* arch dependent */
        unsigned int irq_spurious_count;
 #endif
+       unsigned int generic_irqs;      /* arch dependent */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
        unsigned int irq_resched_count;
        unsigned int irq_call_count;
 
 
 /* Interrupt handlers registered during init_IRQ */
 extern void apic_timer_interrupt(void);
+extern void generic_interrupt(void);
 extern void error_interrupt(void);
 extern void spurious_interrupt(void);
 extern void thermal_interrupt(void);
 
 extern void fixup_irqs(void);
 #endif
 
+extern void (*generic_interrupt_extension)(void);
 extern void init_IRQ(void);
 extern void native_init_IRQ(void);
 extern bool handle_irq(unsigned irq, struct pt_regs *regs);
 
  */
 #define LOCAL_PERF_VECTOR              0xee
 
+/*
+ * Generic system vector for platform specific use
+ */
+#define GENERIC_INTERRUPT_VECTOR       0xed
+
 /*
  * First APIC vector available to drivers: (vectors 0x30-0xee) we
  * start at 0x31(0x41) to spread out vectors evenly between priority
 
 #endif
 apicinterrupt LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR \
        apic_timer_interrupt smp_apic_timer_interrupt
+apicinterrupt GENERIC_INTERRUPT_VECTOR \
+       generic_interrupt smp_generic_interrupt
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 apicinterrupt INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR_START+0 \
 
 
 atomic_t irq_err_count;
 
+/* Function pointer for generic interrupt vector handling */
+void (*generic_interrupt_extension)(void) = NULL;
+
 /*
  * 'what should we do if we get a hw irq event on an illegal vector'.
  * each architecture has to answer this themselves.
                seq_printf(p, "%10u ", irq_stats(j)->apic_timer_irqs);
        seq_printf(p, "  Local timer interrupts\n");
 #endif
+       if (generic_interrupt_extension) {
+               seq_printf(p, "PLT: ");
+               for_each_online_cpu(j)
+                       seq_printf(p, "%10u ", irq_stats(j)->generic_irqs);
+               seq_printf(p, "  Platform interrupts\n");
+       }
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
        seq_printf(p, "RES: ");
        for_each_online_cpu(j)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
        sum += irq_stats(cpu)->apic_timer_irqs;
 #endif
+       if (generic_interrupt_extension)
+               sum += irq_stats(cpu)->generic_irqs;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
        sum += irq_stats(cpu)->irq_resched_count;
        sum += irq_stats(cpu)->irq_call_count;
        return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handler for GENERIC_INTERRUPT_VECTOR.
+ */
+void smp_generic_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+       struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
+
+       ack_APIC_irq();
+
+       exit_idle();
+
+       irq_enter();
+
+       inc_irq_stat(generic_irqs);
+
+       if (generic_interrupt_extension)
+               generic_interrupt_extension();
+
+       irq_exit();
+
+       set_irq_regs(old_regs);
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vector_used_by_percpu_irq);
 
        /* self generated IPI for local APIC timer */
        alloc_intr_gate(LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR, apic_timer_interrupt);
 
+       /* generic IPI for platform specific use */
+       alloc_intr_gate(GENERIC_INTERRUPT_VECTOR, generic_interrupt);
+
        /* IPI vectors for APIC spurious and error interrupts */
        alloc_intr_gate(SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR, spurious_interrupt);
        alloc_intr_gate(ERROR_APIC_VECTOR, error_interrupt);
 
        /* self generated IPI for local APIC timer */
        alloc_intr_gate(LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR, apic_timer_interrupt);
 
+       /* generic IPI for platform specific use */
+       alloc_intr_gate(GENERIC_INTERRUPT_VECTOR, generic_interrupt);
+
        /* IPI vectors for APIC spurious and error interrupts */
        alloc_intr_gate(SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR, spurious_interrupt);
        alloc_intr_gate(ERROR_APIC_VECTOR, error_interrupt);