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+#ifndef __SOUND_SEQ_MIDI_EVENT_H
+#define __SOUND_SEQ_MIDI_EVENT_H
+
+/*
+ *  MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 1998,99 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
+ *                        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
+ *
+ *   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.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include "asequencer.h"
+
+#define MAX_MIDI_EVENT_BUF	256
+
+typedef struct snd_midi_event_t snd_midi_event_t;
+
+/* midi status */
+struct snd_midi_event_t {
+	int qlen;		/* queue length */
+	int read;		/* chars read */
+	int type;		/* current event type */
+	unsigned char lastcmd;	/* last command (for MIDI state handling) */
+	unsigned char nostat;	/* no state flag */
+	int bufsize;		/* allocated buffer size */
+	unsigned char *buf;	/* input buffer */
+	spinlock_t lock;
+};
+
+int snd_midi_event_new(int bufsize, snd_midi_event_t **rdev);
+int snd_midi_event_resize_buffer(snd_midi_event_t *dev, int bufsize);
+void snd_midi_event_free(snd_midi_event_t *dev);
+void snd_midi_event_init(snd_midi_event_t *dev);
+void snd_midi_event_reset_encode(snd_midi_event_t *dev);
+void snd_midi_event_reset_decode(snd_midi_event_t *dev);
+void snd_midi_event_no_status(snd_midi_event_t *dev, int on);
+/* encode from byte stream - return number of written bytes if success */
+long snd_midi_event_encode(snd_midi_event_t *dev, unsigned char *buf, long count, snd_seq_event_t *ev);
+int snd_midi_event_encode_byte(snd_midi_event_t *dev, int c, snd_seq_event_t *ev);
+/* decode from event to bytes - return number of written bytes if success */
+long snd_midi_event_decode(snd_midi_event_t *dev, unsigned char *buf, long count, snd_seq_event_t *ev);
+
+#endif /* __SOUND_SEQ_MIDI_EVENT_H */