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+/***************************************************************************
+ *             __________               __   ___.
+ *   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+ *   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+ *   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+ *   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+ *                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 by wavey@wavey.org
+ *
+ * All files in this archive are subject to the GNU General Public License.
+ * See the file COPYING in the source tree root for full license agreement.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __PANIC_H__
+#define __PANIC_H__
+
+void panic( char *message );
+void panicf( char *fmt, ... );
+
+#endif /* __PANIC_H__ */