diff --git a/mboxd_flash_physical.c b/mboxd_flash_physical.c
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+/*
+ * Mailbox Daemon Flash Helpers
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 IBM
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <mtd/mtd-abi.h>
+
+#include "mbox.h"
+#include "common.h"
+#include "mboxd_flash.h"
+
+#define CHUNKSIZE (64 * 1024)
+
+/*
+ * copy_flash() - Copy data from the flash device into a provided buffer
+ * @context:	The mbox context pointer
+ * @offset:	The flash offset to copy from (bytes)
+ * @mem:	The buffer to copy into (must be of atleast 'size' bytes)
+ * @size:	The number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Return:	0 on success otherwise negative error code
+ */
+int copy_flash(struct mbox_context *context, uint32_t offset, void *mem,
+	       uint32_t size)
+{
+	int32_t size_read;
+
+	MSG_DBG("Copy flash to %p for size 0x%.8x from offset 0x%.8x\n",
+		mem, size, offset);
+	if (lseek(context->fds[MTD_FD].fd, offset, SEEK_SET) != offset) {
+		MSG_ERR("Couldn't seek flash at pos: %u %s\n", offset,
+			strerror(errno));
+		return -MBOX_R_SYSTEM_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	do {
+		size_read = read(context->fds[MTD_FD].fd, mem,
+					  min_u32(CHUNKSIZE, size));
+		if (size_read < 0) {
+			MSG_ERR("Couldn't copy mtd into ram: %s\n",
+				strerror(errno));
+			return -MBOX_R_SYSTEM_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		size -= size_read;
+		mem += size_read;
+	} while (size && size_read);
+
+	return size ? -MBOX_R_SYSTEM_ERROR : 0;
+}