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+/*
+ * Decompression convenience functions
+ *
+ * Copyright 2007 David Gibson, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+#ifndef _PPC_BOOT_GUNZIP_UTIL_H_
+#define _PPC_BOOT_GUNZIP_UTIL_H_
+
+#include "zlib.h"
+
+/* scratch space for gunzip; 46912 is from zlib_inflate_workspacesize() */
+#define GUNZIP_SCRATCH_SIZE	46912
+
+struct gunzip_state {
+	z_stream s;
+	char scratch[46912];
+};
+
+void gunzip_start(struct gunzip_state *state, void *src, int srclen);
+int gunzip_partial(struct gunzip_state *state, void *dst, int dstlen);
+void gunzip_exactly(struct gunzip_state *state, void *dst, int len);
+void gunzip_discard(struct gunzip_state *state, int len);
+int gunzip_finish(struct gunzip_state *state, void *dst, int len);
+
+#endif /* _PPC_BOOT_GUNZIP_UTIL_H_ */
+