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+#ifndef __NVKM_OPTION_H__
+#define __NVKM_OPTION_H__
+#include <core/os.h>
+
+const char *nvkm_stropt(const char *optstr, const char *opt, int *len);
+bool nvkm_boolopt(const char *optstr, const char *opt, bool value);
+int nvkm_dbgopt(const char *optstr, const char *sub);
+
+/* compares unterminated string 'str' with zero-terminated string 'cmp' */
+static inline int
+strncasecmpz(const char *str, const char *cmp, size_t len)
+{
+ if (strlen(cmp) != len)
+ return len;
+ return strncasecmp(str, cmp, len);
+}
+#endif