diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.h b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.h
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+/*
+ *  drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.h
+ *    interface to the SCLP-read/write driver
+ *
+ *  S390 version
+ *    Copyright (C) 1999 IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, IBM Corporation
+ *    Author(s): Martin Peschke <mpeschke@de.ibm.com>
+ *		 Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __SCLP_RW_H__
+#define __SCLP_RW_H__
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+struct mto {
+	u16 length;
+	u16 type;
+	u16 line_type_flags;
+	u8  alarm_control;
+	u8  _reserved[3];
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct go {
+	u16 length;
+	u16 type;
+	u32 domid;
+	u8  hhmmss_time[8];
+	u8  th_time[3];
+	u8  reserved_0;
+	u8  dddyyyy_date[7];
+	u8  _reserved_1;
+	u16 general_msg_flags;
+	u8  _reserved_2[10];
+	u8  originating_system_name[8];
+	u8  job_guest_name[8];
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct mdb_header {
+	u16 length;
+	u16 type;
+	u32 tag;
+	u32 revision_code;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct mdb {
+	struct mdb_header header;
+	struct go go;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct msg_buf {
+	struct evbuf_header header;
+	struct mdb mdb;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct write_sccb {
+	struct sccb_header header;
+	struct msg_buf msg_buf;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+/* The number of empty mto buffers that can be contained in a single sccb. */
+#define NR_EMPTY_MTO_PER_SCCB ((PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct sclp_buffer) - \
+			sizeof(struct write_sccb)) / sizeof(struct mto))
+
+/*
+ * data structure for information about list of SCCBs (only for writing),
+ * will be located at the end of a SCCBs page
+ */
+struct sclp_buffer {
+	struct list_head list;		/* list_head for sccb_info chain */
+	struct sclp_req request;
+	struct write_sccb *sccb;
+	char *current_line;
+	int current_length;
+	int retry_count;
+	/* output format settings */
+	unsigned short columns;
+	unsigned short htab;
+	/* statistics about this buffer */
+	unsigned int mto_char_sum;	/* # chars in sccb */
+	unsigned int mto_number;	/* # mtos in sccb */
+	/* Callback that is called after reaching final status. */
+	void (*callback)(struct sclp_buffer *, int);
+};
+
+int sclp_rw_init(void);
+struct sclp_buffer *sclp_make_buffer(void *, unsigned short, unsigned short);
+void *sclp_unmake_buffer(struct sclp_buffer *);
+int sclp_buffer_space(struct sclp_buffer *);
+int sclp_write(struct sclp_buffer *buffer, const unsigned char *, int);
+int sclp_emit_buffer(struct sclp_buffer *,void (*)(struct sclp_buffer *,int));
+void sclp_set_columns(struct sclp_buffer *, unsigned short);
+void sclp_set_htab(struct sclp_buffer *, unsigned short);
+int sclp_chars_in_buffer(struct sclp_buffer *);
+
+#endif	/* __SCLP_RW_H__ */