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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef MBOXD_FLASH_H
+#define MBOXD_FLASH_H
+
+#define FLASH_DIRTY	0x00
+#define FLASH_ERASED	0x01
+
+int init_flash_dev(struct mbox_context *context);
+void free_flash_dev(struct mbox_context *context);
+int copy_flash(struct mbox_context *context, uint32_t offset, void *mem,
+	       uint32_t size);
+int set_flash_bytemap(struct mbox_context *context, uint32_t offset,
+		      uint32_t count, uint8_t val);
+int erase_flash(struct mbox_context *context, uint32_t offset, uint32_t count);
+int write_flash(struct mbox_context *context, uint32_t offset, void *buf,
+		uint32_t count);
+
+#endif /* MBOXD_FLASH_H */