diff --git a/include/media/videobuf-dma-contig.h b/include/media/videobuf-dma-contig.h
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+/*
+ * helper functions for physically contiguous capture buffers
+ *
+ * The functions support hardware lacking scatter gather support
+ * (i.e. the buffers must be linear in physical memory)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Magnus Damm
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ */
+#ifndef _VIDEOBUF_DMA_CONTIG_H
+#define _VIDEOBUF_DMA_CONTIG_H
+
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <media/videobuf-core.h>
+
+void videobuf_queue_dma_contig_init(struct videobuf_queue *q,
+				    struct videobuf_queue_ops *ops,
+				    struct device *dev,
+				    spinlock_t *irqlock,
+				    enum v4l2_buf_type type,
+				    enum v4l2_field field,
+				    unsigned int msize,
+				    void *priv);
+
+dma_addr_t videobuf_to_dma_contig(struct videobuf_buffer *buf);
+void videobuf_dma_contig_free(struct videobuf_queue *q,
+			      struct videobuf_buffer *buf);
+
+#endif /* _VIDEOBUF_DMA_CONTIG_H */