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+/* Permission is hereby granted to copy, modify and redistribute this code
+ * in terms of the GNU Library General Public License, Version 2 or later,
+ * at your option.
+ */
+
+/* inline functions to translate to/from binary and binary-coded decimal
+ * (frequently found in RTC chips).
+ */
+
+#ifndef _BCD_H
+#define _BCD_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+static inline unsigned int bcd2bin(u8 val)
+{
+ return ((val) & 0x0f) + ((val) >> 4) * 10;
+}
+
+static inline u8 bin2bcd (unsigned int val)
+{
+ return (((val / 10) << 4) | (val % 10));
+}
+
+#endif /* _BCD_H */