diff --git a/include/asm-frv/string.h b/include/asm-frv/string.h
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+/* string.h: FRV string handling
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_STRING_H_
+#define _ASM_STRING_H_
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__ /* only set these up for kernel code */
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY 1
+
+extern void *memset(void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+extern void *memcpy(void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#else /* KERNEL */
+
+/*
+ *	let user libraries deal with these,
+ *	IMHO the kernel has no place defining these functions for user apps
+ */
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCPY 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCAT 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCMP 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNICMP 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHR 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRSTR 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRLEN 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNLEN 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSCAN 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR 1
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRTOK 1
+
+#endif /* KERNEL */
+#endif /* _ASM_STRING_H_ */