diff --git a/include/asm-nios2/string.h b/include/asm-nios2/string.h
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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2004, Psyent Corporation <www.psyent.com>
+ * Scott McNutt <smcnutt@psyent.com>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_NIOS2_STRING_H_
+#define __ASM_NIOS2_STRING_H_
+
+#undef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
+extern char * strrchr(const char * s, int c);
+
+#undef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHR
+extern char * strchr(const char * s, int c);
+
+#undef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+extern void * memcpy(void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#undef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
+extern void * memmove(void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#undef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
+extern void * memchr(const void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#undef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+extern void * memset(void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
+
+#undef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMZERO
+extern void memzero(void *ptr, __kernel_size_t n);
+
+#endif /* __ASM_NIOS2_STRING_H_ */