+static sched_info_t *get_irn_sched_info(const ir_node *node)
+{
+ return &be_get_info(skip_Proj_const(node))->sched_info;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check, if the node is scheduled.
+ * Block nodes are reported as scheduled as they mark the begin and end
+ * of the scheduling list.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @return 1, if the node is scheduled, 0 if not.
+ */
+static inline bool sched_is_scheduled(const ir_node *irn)
+{
+ return get_irn_sched_info(irn)->next != NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the time step of a node. Each node in a block has a timestep
+ * unique to that block. A node schedule before another node has a lower
+ * timestep than this node.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @return The time step in the schedule.
+ */
+static inline sched_timestep_t sched_get_time_step(const ir_node *irn)
+{
+ assert(sched_is_scheduled(irn));
+ return get_irn_sched_info(irn)->time_step;
+}
+
+static inline bool sched_is_end(const ir_node *node)
+{
+ return is_Block(node);
+}
+
+static inline bool sched_is_begin(const ir_node *node)
+{
+ return is_Block(node);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the scheduling successor of a node.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @return The next ir node in the schedule or the block, if the node has no next node.
+ */
+static inline ir_node *sched_next(const ir_node *irn)
+{
+ const sched_info_t *info = get_irn_sched_info(irn);
+ return info->next;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the scheduling predecessor of a node.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @return The next ir node in the schedule or the block, if the node has no predecessor.
+ * predecessor.
+ */
+static inline ir_node *sched_prev(const ir_node *irn)
+{
+ const sched_info_t *info = get_irn_sched_info(irn);
+ return info->prev;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the first node in a block schedule.
+ * @param block The block of which to get the schedule.
+ * @return The first node in the schedule or the block itself
+ * if there is no node in the schedule.
+ */
+static inline ir_node *sched_first(const ir_node *block)
+{
+ assert(is_Block(block) && "Need a block here");
+ return sched_next(block);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the last node in a schedule.
+ * @param block The block to get the schedule for.
+ * @return The last ir node in a schedule, or the block itself
+ * if there is no node in the schedule.
+ */
+static inline ir_node *sched_last(const ir_node *block)
+{
+ assert(is_Block(block) && "Need a block here");
+ return sched_prev(block);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Add a node to a block schedule.
+ * @param irn The node to add.
+ * @return The given node.
+ */
+void sched_add_before(ir_node *before, ir_node *irn);
+
+
+/**
+ * Add a node to a block schedule.
+ * @param irn The node to add.
+ * @return The given node.
+ */
+void sched_add_after(ir_node *after, ir_node *irn);
+
+static inline void sched_init_block(ir_node *block)
+{
+ sched_info_t *info = get_irn_sched_info(block);
+ assert(info->next == NULL && info->time_step == 0);
+ info->next = block;
+ info->prev = block;
+}
+
+static inline void sched_reset(ir_node *node)
+{
+ sched_info_t *info = get_irn_sched_info(node);
+ info->next = NULL;
+ info->prev = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove a node from the scheduled.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ */
+void sched_remove(ir_node *irn);
+
+/**
+ * Remove @p old from the schedule and put @p irn in its place.
+ */
+void sched_replace(ir_node *old, ir_node *irn);
+
+/**
+ * Checks, if one node is scheduled before another.
+ * @param n1 A node.
+ * @param n2 Another node.
+ * @return true, if n1 is in front of n2 in the schedule, false else.
+ * @note Both nodes must be in the same block.
+ */
+static inline bool sched_comes_after(const ir_node *n1, const ir_node *n2)
+{
+ assert((is_Block(n1) ? n1 : get_nodes_block(n1)) == (is_Block(n2) ? n2 : get_nodes_block(n2)));
+ return sched_get_time_step(n1) < sched_get_time_step(n2);
+}
+
+#define sched_foreach_after(after, irn) \
+ for (ir_node *irn = (after); !sched_is_end(irn = sched_next(irn));)
+
+#define sched_foreach_reverse_before(before, irn) \
+ for (ir_node *irn = (before); !sched_is_begin(irn = sched_prev(irn));)
+
+/**
+ * A shorthand macro for iterating over a schedule.
+ * @param block The block.
+ * @param irn A ir node pointer used as an iterator.
+ */
+#define sched_foreach(block,irn) \
+ sched_foreach_after((assert(is_Block(block)), block), irn)
+
+/**
+ * A shorthand macro for reversely iterating over a schedule.
+ * @param block The block.
+ * @param irn A ir node pointer used as an iterator.
+ */
+#define sched_foreach_reverse(block,irn) \
+ sched_foreach_reverse_before((assert(is_Block(block)), block), irn)
+
+/**
+ * A shorthand macro for iterating over a schedule while the current node may be
+ * removed or replaced.
+ *
+ * @param block The block.
+ * @param irn A ir node pointer used as an iterator.
+ */
+#define sched_foreach_safe(block, irn) \
+ for (ir_node *irn, *irn##__next = sched_first(block); !sched_is_end(irn = irn##__next) ? irn##__next = sched_next(irn), 1 : 0;)
+
+/**
+ * A shorthand macro for reversely iterating over a schedule while the current
+ * node may be removed or replaced.
+ *
+ * @param block The block.
+ * @param irn A ir node pointer used as an iterator.
+ */
+#define sched_foreach_reverse_safe(block, irn) \
+ for (ir_node *irn, *irn##__prev = sched_last(block); !sched_is_begin(irn = irn##__prev) ? irn##__prev = sched_prev(irn), 1 : 0;)
+
+/**
+ * Type for a function scheduling a graph
+ */
+typedef void (*schedule_func) (ir_graph *irg);
+
+/**
+ * Register new scheduling algorithm
+ */
+void be_register_scheduler(const char *name, schedule_func func);
+
+/**
+ * schedule a graph with the currenty selected scheduler.
+ */
+void be_schedule_graph(ir_graph *irg);