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+#ifndef _ALPHA_RESOURCE_H
+#define _ALPHA_RESOURCE_H
+
+/*
+ * Alpha/Linux-specific ordering of these four resource limit IDs,
+ * the rest comes from the generic header:
+ */
+#define RLIMIT_NOFILE		6	/* max number of open files */
+#define RLIMIT_AS		7	/* address space limit */
+#define RLIMIT_NPROC		8	/* max number of processes */
+#define RLIMIT_MEMLOCK		9	/* max locked-in-memory address space */
+
+/*
+ * SuS says limits have to be unsigned.  Fine, it's unsigned, but
+ * we retain the old value for compatibility, especially with DU. 
+ * When you run into the 2^63 barrier, you call me.
+ */
+#define RLIM_INFINITY		0x7ffffffffffffffful
+
+#include <asm-generic/resource.h>
+
+#endif /* _ALPHA_RESOURCE_H */