diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_user_sdma.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_user_sdma.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
+ * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file
+ * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the
+ * OpenIB.org BSD license below:
+ *
+ *     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ *     without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ *     conditions are met:
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions of source code must retain the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer.
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+struct ipath_user_sdma_queue;
+
+struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *
+ipath_user_sdma_queue_create(struct device *dev, int unit, int port, int sport);
+void ipath_user_sdma_queue_destroy(struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *pq);
+
+int ipath_user_sdma_writev(struct ipath_devdata *dd,
+			   struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *pq,
+			   const struct iovec *iov,
+			   unsigned long dim);
+
+int ipath_user_sdma_make_progress(struct ipath_devdata *dd,
+				  struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *pq);
+
+int ipath_user_sdma_pkt_sent(const struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *pq,
+			     u32 counter);
+void ipath_user_sdma_queue_drain(struct ipath_devdata *dd,
+				 struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *pq);
+
+u32 ipath_user_sdma_complete_counter(const struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *pq);
+u32 ipath_user_sdma_inflight_counter(struct ipath_user_sdma_queue *pq);