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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, Creative Technology Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This source file is released under GPL v2 license (no other versions).
+ * See the COPYING file included in the main directory of this source
+ * distribution for the license terms and conditions.
+ *
+ * @File	ctimap.h
+ *
+ * @Brief
+ * This file contains the definition of generic input mapper operations
+ * for input mapper management.
+ *
+ * @Author	Liu Chun
+ * @Date 	May 23 2008
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef CTIMAP_H
+#define CTIMAP_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+struct imapper {
+	unsigned short slot; /* the id of the slot containing input data */
+	unsigned short user; /* the id of the user resource consuming data */
+	unsigned short addr; /* the input mapper ram id */
+	unsigned short next; /* the next input mapper ram id */
+	struct list_head	list;
+};
+
+int input_mapper_add(struct list_head *mappers, struct imapper *entry,
+		     int (*map_op)(void *, struct imapper *), void *data);
+
+int input_mapper_delete(struct list_head *mappers, struct imapper *entry,
+		     int (*map_op)(void *, struct imapper *), void *data);
+
+void free_input_mapper_list(struct list_head *mappers);
+
+#endif /* CTIMAP_H */