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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2002
+ * Rich Ireland, Enterasys Networks, rireland@enterasys.com.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Note that this is just boilerplate - there is no Altera support yet.
+ */
+
+
+/*
+ *  Altera FPGA support
+ */
+#include <common.h>
+#include <fpga.h>                     /* Generic FPGA support  */
+#include <altera.h>                   /* Altera specific stuff */
+
+#if 0
+#define FPGA_DEBUG
+#endif
+
+#ifdef	FPGA_DEBUG
+#define	PRINTF(fmt,args...)	printf (fmt ,##args)
+#else
+#define PRINTF(fmt,args...)
+#endif
+
+#if (CONFIG_FPGA & CFG_FPGA_ALTERA)
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int altera_load( Altera_desc *desc, void *buf, size_t bsize )
+{
+	printf( "No support for Altera devices yet.\n" );
+	return FPGA_FAIL;
+}
+
+int altera_dump( Altera_desc *desc, void *buf, size_t bsize )
+{
+	printf( "No support for Altera devices yet.\n" );
+	return FPGA_FAIL;
+}
+
+int altera_info( Altera_desc *desc )
+{
+	printf( "No support for Altera devices yet.\n" );
+	return FPGA_FAIL;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#endif  /* CONFIG_FPGA & CFG_FPGA_ALTERA */