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+/*
+ * This file is part of the flashrom project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 secunet Security Networks AG
+ * (written by Thomas Heijligen <thomas.heijligen@secunet.com>)
+ *
+ * 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 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include "../platform.h"
+
+/*
+ * macro to return endian aware read function
+ *
+ * `___read(le, 8)`
+ * 	expands to
+ * `uint8_t read_le8 (const void *const base, const size_t offset)
+ *  { return le_to_cpu8 (*(uint8_t *)((uintptr_t)base + offset)); }`
+ */
+#define ___read(endian, bits) \
+	uint##bits##_t read_##endian##bits (const void *const base, const size_t offset) \
+	{ return endian##_to_cpu##bits (*(uint##bits##_t *)((uintptr_t)base + offset)); }
+
+/* read value from base at offset in little endian */
+___read(le,  8)
+___read(le, 16)
+___read(le, 32)
+___read(le, 64)
+
+/* read value from base at offset in big endian */
+___read(be,  8)
+___read(be, 16)
+___read(be, 32)
+___read(be, 64)