--- a/master/globals.h	Fri Mar 19 13:27:08 2010 +0100
+++ b/master/globals.h	Thu Apr 29 14:05:15 2010 +0200
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 #ifndef __EC_MASTER_GLOBALS_H__
 #define __EC_MASTER_GLOBALS_H__
 
-#include <linux/types.h>
-
 #include "../globals.h"
 #include "../include/ecrt.h"
 
@@ -262,6 +260,12 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+/** Absolute value.
+ */
+#define EC_ABS(X) ((X) >= 0 ? (X) : -(X))
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 extern char *ec_master_version_str;
 
 /*****************************************************************************/