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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
index 17807acb05d9..21f16edf6c8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
@@ -132,6 +132,28 @@ static int op_powerpc_create_files(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *root)
oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcr0", &sys.mmcr0);
oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcr1", &sys.mmcr1);
oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcra", &sys.mmcra);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OPROFILE_CELL
+ /* create a file the user tool can check to see what level of profiling
+ * support exits with this kernel. Initialize bit mask to indicate
+ * what support the kernel has:
+ * bit 0 - Supports SPU event profiling in addition to PPU
+ * event and cycles; and SPU cycle profiling
+ * bits 1-31 - Currently unused.
+ *
+ * If the file does not exist, then the kernel only supports SPU
+ * cycle profiling, PPU event and cycle profiling.
+ */
+ oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "cell_support", &sys.cell_support);
+ sys.cell_support = 0x1; /* Note, the user OProfile tool must check
+ * that this bit is set before attempting to
+ * user SPU event profiling. Older kernels
+ * will not have this file, hence the user
+ * tool is not allowed to do SPU event
+ * profiling on older kernels. Older kernels
+ * will accept SPU events but collected data
+ * is garbage.
+ */
+#endif
#endif
for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; ++i) {