1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/nvram.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/nvram.h
index c58ebd8bc155..9759588ba3cf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/nvram.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/nvram.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define __NVRAM_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 struct nvram_header {
         u32 magic;
@@ -36,4 +37,10 @@ struct nvram_header {
 
 extern int nvram_getenv(char *name, char *val, size_t val_len);
 
+static inline void nvram_parse_macaddr(char *buf, u8 *macaddr)
+{
+        sscanf(buf, "%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx", &macaddr[0], &macaddr[1],
+               &macaddr[2], &macaddr[3], &macaddr[4], &macaddr[5]);
+}
+
 #endif