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+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <array>
+#include "sbe_interfaces.hpp"
+
+namespace openpower
+{
+namespace sbe
+{
+
+//Helper interfaces
+static inline uint32_t upper(uint64_t value)
+{
+    return ((value & 0xFFFFFFFF00000000ull) >> 32);
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t lower(uint64_t value)
+{
+    return (value & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+}
+
+using sbe_word_t = uint32_t;
+
+namespace scom
+{
+
+//Constants specific to SCOM operations
+static constexpr sbe_word_t READ_OPCODE  = 0x0000A201;
+static constexpr sbe_word_t WRITE_OPCODE = 0x0000A202;
+static constexpr size_t READ_CMD_LENGTH = 0x4;
+static constexpr size_t WRITE_CMD_LENGTH = 0x6;
+
+//Reading SCOM Registers
+uint64_t read(const char* devPath,
+              uint64_t address)
+{
+    uint64_t value = 0;
+
+    //Validate input device path
+    if (devPath == nullptr)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error("NULL FIFO device path");
+    }
+
+    //Build SCOM read request command
+    std::array<sbe_word_t, READ_CMD_LENGTH> command =
+    {
+        static_cast<sbe_word_t>(READ_CMD_LENGTH),
+        READ_OPCODE,
+        upper(address),
+        lower(address)
+    };
+
+    std::cout << "Size of read command buffer:" << command.size();
+
+    // TODO: Call an interface to read the command to the SBE FIFO and read the
+    // response from the SBE FIFO device
+
+    return value;
+}
+
+void write(const char* devPath,
+           uint64_t address,
+           uint64_t data)
+{
+    //Validate input device path
+    if (devPath == nullptr)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error("NULL FIFO device path");
+    }
+
+    //Build SCOM write request command
+    std::array<sbe_word_t, WRITE_CMD_LENGTH> command =
+    {
+        static_cast<sbe_word_t>(WRITE_CMD_LENGTH),
+        WRITE_OPCODE,
+        upper(address),
+        lower(address),
+        upper(data),
+        lower(data)
+    };
+
+    std::cout << "Size of write command buffer:" << command.size();
+ 
+    // TODO: Call an interface to write the command to the SBE FIFO and read the
+    // response from the SBE FIFO device
+
+}
+
+} // namespace scom
+} // namespace sbe
+} // namespace openpower