diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-06-09  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/getsysstats.c: New file.
+	Patch by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
 	Rewrite error message handling.
 	* elf/dl-deps.c (_dl_map_object_deps): Pass new parameter to
 	_dl_catch_error.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/getsysstats.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/getsysstats.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db5798f7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/getsysstats.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Determine various system internal values.  Linux/ia64 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library 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
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* We need to define a special parser for /proc/cpuinfo.  */
+#define GET_NPROCS_PARSER(FP, BUFFER, RESULT)				\
+  do                                                                    \
+    {                                                                   \
+      (RESULT) = 0;                                                     \
+      /* Read all lines and count the lines starting with the string    \
+         "CPU#".  We don't have to fear extremely long lines since 	\
+         the kernel will not generate them.  8192 bytes are really      \
+         enough.  */                                                    \
+      while (fgets_unlocked (BUFFER, sizeof (BUFFER), FP) != NULL)      \
+        if (strncmp (BUFFER, "CPU#", 4) == 0)                      	\
+          ++(RESULT);                                                   \
+    }                                                                   \
+  while (0)
+
+#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c>