diff --git a/include/asm-v850/string.h b/include/asm-v850/string.h
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+/*
+ * include/asm-v850/string.h -- Architecture specific string routines
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2001,02  NEC Corporation
+ *  Copyright (C) 2001,02  Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General
+ * Public License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of this
+ * archive for more details.
+ *
+ * Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __V850_STRING_H__
+#define __V850_STRING_H__
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
+
+extern void *memcpy (void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+extern void *memset (void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+extern void *memmove (void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#endif /* __V850_STRING_H__ */