diff --git a/backends/sparc_auxv.c b/backends/sparc_auxv.c
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+/* SPARC-specific auxv handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * 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
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils 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 copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#define BACKEND sparc_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+int
+EBLHOOK(auxv_info) (GElf_Xword a_type, const char **name, const char **format)
+{
+  if (a_type != AT_HWCAP)
+    return 0;
+
+  *name = "HWCAP";
+  *format = "b"
+    "flush\0" "stbar\0" "swap\0" "muldiv\0" "v9\0" "ultra3\0" "v9v\0" "\0";
+  return 1;
+}