diff --git a/sound/oss/bin2hex.c b/sound/oss/bin2hex.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b59109e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/oss/bin2hex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main( int argc, const char * argv [] )
+{
+    const char * varname;
+    int i = 0;
+    int c;
+    int id = 0;
+
+    if(argv[1] && strcmp(argv[1],"-i")==0)
+    {
+    	argv++;
+    	argc--;
+    	id=1;
+    }
+    	
+    if(argc==1)
+    {
+    	fprintf(stderr, "bin2hex: [-i] firmware\n");
+    	exit(1);
+    }
+    
+    varname = argv[1];
+    printf( "/* automatically generated by bin2hex */\n" );
+    printf( "static unsigned char %s [] %s =\n{\n", varname , id?"__initdata":"");
+
+    while ( ( c = getchar( ) ) != EOF )
+    {
+	if ( i != 0 && i % 10 == 0 )
+	    printf( "\n" );
+	printf( "0x%02lx,", c & 0xFFl );
+	i++;
+    }
+
+    printf( "};\nstatic int %sLen =  %d;\n", varname, i );
+    return 0;
+}