diff --git a/include/asm-cris/string.h b/include/asm-cris/string.h
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+++ b/include/asm-cris/string.h
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+#ifndef _ASM_CRIS_STRING_H
+#define _ASM_CRIS_STRING_H
+
+/* the optimized memcpy is in arch/cris/lib/string.c */
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+extern void *memcpy(void *, const void *, size_t);
+
+/* New and improved.  In arch/cris/lib/memset.c */
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+extern void *memset(void *, int, size_t);
+
+#endif