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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     boards_qemu-i386
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Peripheral configuration for the qemu-i386
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef PERIPH_CONF_H
+#define PERIPH_CONF_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* nothing to define here, yet */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* PERIPH_CONF_H */
+/** @} */