diff --git a/include/cramfs/cramfs_fs.h b/include/cramfs/cramfs_fs.h
index 7b292c0c..2333709 100644
--- a/include/cramfs/cramfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/cramfs/cramfs_fs.h
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef __CRAMFS_H
 #define __CRAMFS_H
 
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
-
-typedef unsigned char u8;
-typedef unsigned short u16;
-typedef unsigned int u32;
-
-#endif
-
 #define CRAMFS_MAGIC		0x28cd3d45	/* some random number */
 #define CRAMFS_SIGNATURE	"Compressed ROMFS"
 
@@ -16,12 +8,12 @@
  * Width of various bitfields in struct cramfs_inode.
  * Primarily used to generate warnings in mkcramfs.
  */
-#define CRAMFS_MODE_WIDTH 16
-#define CRAMFS_UID_WIDTH 16
-#define CRAMFS_SIZE_WIDTH 24
-#define CRAMFS_GID_WIDTH 8
-#define CRAMFS_NAMELEN_WIDTH 6
-#define CRAMFS_OFFSET_WIDTH 26
+#define CRAMFS_MODE_WIDTH	16
+#define CRAMFS_UID_WIDTH	16
+#define CRAMFS_SIZE_WIDTH	24
+#define CRAMFS_GID_WIDTH	8
+#define CRAMFS_NAMELEN_WIDTH	6
+#define CRAMFS_OFFSET_WIDTH	26
 
 /*
  * Since inode.namelen is a unsigned 6-bit number, the maximum cramfs
@@ -34,8 +26,10 @@
  */
 struct cramfs_inode {
 	u32 mode:CRAMFS_MODE_WIDTH, uid:CRAMFS_UID_WIDTH;
+
 	/* SIZE for device files is i_rdev */
 	u32 size:CRAMFS_SIZE_WIDTH, gid:CRAMFS_GID_WIDTH;
+
 	/* NAMELEN is the length of the file name, divided by 4 and
 	   rounded up.	(cramfs doesn't support hard links.) */
 	/* OFFSET: For symlinks and non-empty regular files, this
@@ -90,9 +84,53 @@
 				| CRAMFS_FLAG_WRONG_SIGNATURE \
 				| CRAMFS_FLAG_SHIFTED_ROOT_OFFSET )
 
+/*
+ * Since cramfs is little-endian, provide macros to swab the bitfields.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BYTE_ORDER
+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN) && !defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)
+#define __BYTE_ORDER __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#elif defined(__BIG_ENDIAN) && !defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#define __BYTE_ORDER __BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
+#error "unable to define __BYTE_ORDER"
+#endif
+#endif /* not __BYTE_ORDER */
+
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#define CRAMFS_16(x)	(x)
+#define CRAMFS_24(x)	(x)
+#define CRAMFS_32(x)	(x)
+#define CRAMFS_GET_NAMELEN(x)	((x)->namelen)
+#define CRAMFS_GET_OFFSET(x)	((x)->offset)
+#define CRAMFS_SET_OFFSET(x,y)	((x)->offset = (y))
+#define CRAMFS_SET_NAMELEN(x,y) ((x)->namelen = (y))
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define CRAMFS_16(x)	swab16(x)
+#define CRAMFS_24(x)	((swab32(x)) >> 8)
+#define CRAMFS_32(x)	swab32(x)
+#else /* not __KERNEL__ */
+#define CRAMFS_16(x)	bswap_16(x)
+#define CRAMFS_24(x)	((bswap_32(x)) >> 8)
+#define CRAMFS_32(x)	bswap_32(x)
+#endif /* not __KERNEL__ */
+#define CRAMFS_GET_NAMELEN(x)	(((u8*)(x))[8] & 0x3f)
+#define CRAMFS_GET_OFFSET(x)	((CRAMFS_24(((u32*)(x))[2] & 0xffffff) << 2) |\
+				 ((((u32*)(x))[2] & 0xc0000000) >> 30))
+#define CRAMFS_SET_NAMELEN(x,y) (((u8*)(x))[8] = (((0x3f & (y))) | \
+						  (0xc0 & ((u8*)(x))[8])))
+#define CRAMFS_SET_OFFSET(x,y)	(((u32*)(x))[2] = (((y) & 3) << 30) | \
+				 CRAMFS_24((((y) & 0x03ffffff) >> 2)) | \
+				 (((u32)(((u8*)(x))[8] & 0x3f)) << 24))
+#else
+#error "__BYTE_ORDER must be __LITTLE_ENDIAN or __BIG_ENDIAN"
+#endif
+
 /* Uncompression interfaces to the underlying zlib */
-int cramfs_uncompress_block(void *dst, int dstlen, void *src, int srclen);
+int cramfs_uncompress_block(void *dst, void *src, int srclen);
 int cramfs_uncompress_init(void);
 int cramfs_uncompress_exit(void);
 
-#endif
+#endif	/* __CRAMFS_H */