diff --git a/include/asm-arm26/string.h b/include/asm-arm26/string.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-arm26/string.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_ARM_STRING_H
+#define __ASM_ARM_STRING_H
+
+/*
+ * We don't do inline string functions, since the
+ * optimised inline asm versions are not small.
+ */
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
+extern char * strrchr(const char * s, int c);
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHR
+extern char * strchr(const char * s, int c);
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+extern void * memcpy(void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
+extern void * memmove(void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
+extern void * memchr(const void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMZERO
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+extern void * memset(void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+
+extern void __memzero(void *ptr, __kernel_size_t n);
+
+#define memset(p,v,n)							\
+	({								\
+		if ((n) != 0) {						\
+			if (__builtin_constant_p((v)) && (v) == 0)	\
+				__memzero((p),(n));			\
+			else						\
+				memset((p),(v),(n));			\
+		}							\
+		(p);							\
+	})
+
+#define memzero(p,n) ({ if ((n) != 0) __memzero((p),(n)); (p); })
+
+#endif