diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/string.h b/include/asm-sparc/string.h
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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2000 - 2002
+ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2007
+ * Daniel Hellstrom, Gaisler Research, daniel@gaisler.com.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.	 See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SPARC_STRING_H_
+#define _SPARC_STRING_H_
+
+/*
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCPY
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRLEN
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_BCOPY
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
+*/
+
+extern int strcasecmp(const char *, const char *);
+extern int strncasecmp(const char *, const char *, int);
+extern char *strcpy(char *, const char *);
+extern char *strncpy(char *, const char *, __kernel_size_t);
+extern __kernel_size_t strlen(const char *);
+extern int strcmp(const char *, const char *);
+extern char *strcat(char *, const char *);
+extern void *memset(void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+extern void *memcpy(void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+extern void *memmove(void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+extern int memcmp(const void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+extern void *memchr(const void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#endif