3 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am b/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am
index 6cb5181188..4e6438c780 100644
--- a/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am
+++ b/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ librtems_a_SOURCES += src/modes.c
 librtems_a_SOURCES += src/status.c
 librtems_a_SOURCES += src/statustext.c
 
+librtems_a_SOURCES += src/getprocessorcount.c
+
 if HAS_MP
 # We only build multiprocessing related files if HAS_MP was defined
 librtems_a_SOURCES += src/eventmp.c
diff --git a/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/smp.h b/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/smp.h
index d2904e4191..b327514c09 100644
--- a/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/smp.h
+++ b/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/smp.h
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /**
  * @brief Returns the count of processors in the system.
  *
- * On uni-processor configurations this is a compile time constant and defined
- * to be one.
+ * On uni-processor configurations a value of one will be returned.
  *
  * On SMP configurations this returns the value of a global variable set during
  * system initialization to indicate the count of processors.  The processor
@@ -51,8 +50,7 @@ extern "C" {
  *
  * @return The count of processors in the system.
  */
-#define rtems_smp_get_processor_count() \
-  _SMP_Get_processor_count()
+uint32_t rtems_get_processor_count(void);
 
 /**
  * @brief Returns the index of the current processor.
diff --git a/cpukit/rtems/src/getprocessorcount.c b/cpukit/rtems/src/getprocessorcount.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..438eec6635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpukit/rtems/src/getprocessorcount.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 embedded brains GmbH.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  embedded brains GmbH
+ *  Dornierstr. 4
+ *  82178 Puchheim
+ *  Germany
+ *  <rtems@embedded-brains.de>
+ *
+ * The license and distribution terms for this file may be
+ * found in the file LICENSE in this distribution or at
+ * http://www.rtems.org/license/LICENSE.
+ */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+  #include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <rtems/rtems/smp.h>
+#include <rtems/score/smp.h>
+
+uint32_t rtems_get_processor_count(void)
+{
+  return _SMP_Get_processor_count();
+}