1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/e2a.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/e2a.c
index d2b834887920..4b72ed8fd50e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/e2a.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/e2a.c
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 /*
- *  arch/ppc64/lib/e2a.c
- *
  *  EBCDIC to ASCII conversion
  *
- * This function moved here from arch/ppc64/kernel/viopath.c
+ * This function moved here from arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/viopath.c 
  *
  * (C) Copyright 2000-2004 IBM Corporation
  *
@@ -105,4 +103,14 @@ unsigned char e2a(unsigned char x)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(e2a);
 
+unsigned char* strne2a(unsigned char *dest, const unsigned char *src, size_t n)
+{
+        int i;
+
+        n = strnlen(src, n);
 
+        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+                dest[i] = e2a(src[i]);
+
+        return dest;
+}