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+/*
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+static constexpr char const *ipmiSelObject = "xyz.openbmc_project.Logging.IPMI";
+static constexpr char const *ipmiSelPath = "/xyz/openbmc_project/Logging/IPMI";
+static constexpr char const *ipmiSelAddInterface =
+    "xyz.openbmc_project.Logging.IPMI";
+
+// ID string generated using journalctl to include in the MESSAGE_ID field for
+// SEL entries.  Helps with filtering SEL entries in the journal.
+static constexpr char const *selMessageId = "b370836ccf2f4850ac5bee185b77893a";
+static constexpr int selPriority = 5; // notice
+static constexpr uint8_t selSystemType = 0x02;
+static constexpr uint16_t selBMCGenID = 0x0020;
+static constexpr uint16_t selInvalidRecID =
+    std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max();
+static constexpr size_t selEvtDataMaxSize = 3;
+static constexpr size_t selOemDataMaxSize = 13;
+
+static uint16_t selAddSystemRecord(const std::string &message,
+                                   const std::string &path,
+                                   const std::vector<uint8_t> &selData,
+                                   const bool &assert,
+                                   const uint16_t &genId = selBMCGenID);