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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.
+*/
+/// \file FruUtils.hpp
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <functional>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+extern "C"
+{
+// Include for I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX
+#include <linux/i2c.h>
+}
+
+enum class fruAreas
+{
+    fruAreaInternal = 0,
+    fruAreaChassis,
+    fruAreaBoard,
+    fruAreaProduct,
+    fruAreaMultirecord
+};
+inline fruAreas operator++(fruAreas& x)
+{
+    return x = static_cast<fruAreas>(std::underlying_type<fruAreas>::type(x) +
+                                     1);
+}
+
+inline constexpr size_t fruBlockSize =
+    8; // FRU areas are measured in 8-byte blocks
+
+using ReadBlockFunc =
+    std::function<int64_t(int flag, int file, uint16_t address, uint16_t offset,
+                          uint8_t length, uint8_t* outBuf)>;
+
+/// \brief Read and validate FRU contents.
+/// \param flag the flag required for raw i2c
+/// \param file the open file handle
+/// \param address the i2c device address
+/// \param readBlock a read method
+/// \param errorHelp and a helper string for failures
+/// \return the FRU contents from the file
+std::vector<uint8_t> readFRUContents(int flag, int file, uint16_t address,
+                                     ReadBlockFunc readBlock,
+                                     const std::string& errorHelp);
+
+/// \brief Validate an IPMI FRU common header
+/// \param blockData the bytes comprising the common header
+/// \return true if valid
+bool validateHeader(const std::array<uint8_t, I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX>& blockData);
+
+/// \brief Get offset for a common header area
+/// \param area - the area
+/// \return the field offset
+unsigned int getHeaderAreaFieldOffset(fruAreas area);