diff -Naur linux-2.6.25/include/linux/chelper.h linux-2.6.25.ep93xx/include/linux/chelper.h
--- linux-2.6.25/include/linux/chelper.h	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.25.ep93xx/include/linux/chelper.h	2008-08-18 14:05:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#ifndef CHELPER_H_
+#define CHELPER_H_
+
+#include <asm/io.h>
+
+/************************************************************
+ * helper functions
+ */
+ 
+ static inline ssize_t sfs_getint(const char *buf,size_t count,size_t *size){
+ 	char *endp;
+	u32 data = simple_strtoul(buf,&endp,0);	
+	*size = (size_t)(endp - buf);
+	if (*endp && isspace(*endp))(*size)++;
+	if (*size != count)*size = -EINVAL;
+	return data;
+ }
+
+ /** 
+  * converts a stream of separated integers into an allocated array.
+  * returns the number of integers converted
+  * stores the number of characters converted to integers in size
+  */
+ static inline  int sfs_getstream(const char *buf,size_t count,size_t *size,const char *delim,u8 *data){
+	char *tokenstring = strcpy(kmalloc(count,GFP_KERNEL),buf);
+	char *mark = tokenstring;
+	char *endp;
+	char *token;
+	int index=0;
+	
+	//printk("%s - mark:%s\n",__FUNCTION__,mark);
+	
+	while((token=strsep(&mark, delim))!=NULL){
+		//printk("mark:%s\n",mark);
+		data[index++] = simple_strtoul(token,&endp,0);
+	}
+		
+	*size = (size_t)(endp - tokenstring);
+	if (*endp && isspace(*endp))(*size)++;
+	if (*size != count)*size = -EINVAL;
+	
+	//printk("size = %d\n",*size);
+	
+	kfree(tokenstring);
+	return index;
+ }
+ 
+ 
+/**
+ * depreciated
+ */
+static inline ssize_t store8(const char *buf,size_t count,void *address,u8 *shadow){
+	size_t size;
+	u8 data = sfs_getint(buf,count,&size);
+	if(address)iowrite8(data,address);
+	if(shadow)*shadow=data;
+	return size;
+}
+
+/**
+ * depreciated
+ */
+static inline ssize_t store16(const char *buf,size_t count,void *address,u16 *shadow){
+	size_t size;
+	u16 data = sfs_getint(buf,count,&size);
+	if(address)iowrite16(data,address);
+	if(shadow)*shadow=data;
+	return size;
+}
+
+#endif /*CHELPER_H_*/