+#ifdef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#else /* HAVE_STDBOOL_H */
+#define __bool_true_false_are_defined 1
+
+#ifndef HAVE__BOOL
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+
+#define false 0
+#define true 1
+
+typedef int _Bool;
+#else
+typedef bool _Bool;
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+#endif /* HAVE__BOOL */
+
+#define bool _Bool
+
+#endif /* HAVE_STDBOOL_H */
+
+/// turns a macro argument into a string constant
+#define stringify(s) __stringify(s)
+#define __stringify(s) #s
+
+
+/**
+ * Compute the number of elements of a variable length array.
+ * <code>
+ * const char *strs[] = { "a", "b", "c" };
+ * unsigned num_strs = ARRAY_SIZE(strs);
+ * </code>
+ */
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*(x)))
+
+
+/**
+ * Cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure.
+ * @param ptr The pointer to the member.
+ * @param type The type of the container struct this is embedded in.
+ * @param member The name of the member within the struct.
+ *
+ * This is a mechanism which is used throughout the Linux kernel.
+ */
+#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ \
+ const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr); \
+ (type *)( (void *) ( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) ) );})
+
+
+/**
+ * Rounds @c m up to the nearest multiple of @c n using division.
+ * @param m The value to round up to @c n.
+ * @param n Round @c m up to a multiple of this number.
+ * @returns The rounded integer value.
+ */
+#define DIV_ROUND_UP(m, n) (((m) + (n) - 1) / (n))
+
+
+/* DANGER!!!! here be dragons!
+ *
+ * Leave these fn's as byte accesses because it is safe
+ * across architectures. Clever usage of 32 bit access
+ * will create problems on some hosts.
+ *
+ * Note that the "buf" pointer in memory is probably unaligned.
+ *
+ * Were these functions to be re-written to take a 32 bit wide or 16 bit wide
+ * memory access shortcut, then on some CPU's, i.e. ARM7, the 2 lsbytes of the address are
+ * ignored for 32 bit access, whereas on other CPU's a 32 bit wide unaligned memory access
+ * will cause an exception, and lastly on x86, an unaligned "greater than bytewide"
+ * memory access works as if aligned. So what follows below will work for all
+ * platforms and gives the compiler leeway to do its own platform specific optimizations.
+ *
+ * Again, note that the "buf" pointer in memory is probably unaligned.
+ */