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1 #include <linux/io.h>
2 #include <linux/module.h>
4 /**
5 * check_signature - find BIOS signatures
6 * @io_addr: mmio address to check
7 * @signature: signature block
8 * @length: length of signature
10 * Perform a signature comparison with the mmio address io_addr. This
11 * address should have been obtained by ioremap.
12 * Returns 1 on a match.
15 int check_signature(const volatile void __iomem *io_addr,
16 const unsigned char *signature, int length)
18 while (length--) {
19 if (readb(io_addr) != *signature)
20 return 0;
21 io_addr++;
22 signature++;
24 return 1;
26 EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_signature);