diff --git a/include/acpi/reboot.h b/include/acpi/reboot.h
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+++ b/include/acpi/reboot.h
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+
+/*
+ * Dummy placeholder to make the EFI patches apply to the x86 tree.
+ * Andrew/Len, please just kill this file if you encounter it.
+ */
+#ifndef acpi_reboot
+# define acpi_reboot() do { } while (0)
+#endif
+