import libosmocore msgb handling (and dependencies)

This is supposed to be replaced with upstream libosmocore, as soon as
that has a proper maintained embedded build (again).

14 files changed, 1961 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/backtrace.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/backtrace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c9b6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/backtrace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#pragma once
+
+void osmo_generate_backtrace(void);
+void osmo_log_backtrace(int subsys, int level);
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit16gen.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit16gen.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c6162c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit16gen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * bit16gen.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014  Max <max.suraev@fairwaves.co>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned n-byte integer (little-endian encoding) into uint16_t
+ *  \param[in] p Buffer where integer is stored
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes stored in p
+ *  \returns 16 bit unsigned integer
+ */
+static inline uint16_t osmo_load16le_ext(const void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint16_t r = 0;
+	const uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; r |= ((uint16_t)q[i] << (8 * i)), i++);
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned n-byte integer (big-endian encoding) into uint16_t
+ *  \param[in] p Buffer where integer is stored
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes stored in p
+ *  \returns 16 bit unsigned integer
+ */
+static inline uint16_t osmo_load16be_ext(const void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint16_t r = 0;
+	const uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; r |= ((uint16_t)q[i] << (16 - 8* (1 + i))), i++);
+	return r;
+}
+
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned n-byte integer (little-endian encoding) from uint16_t
+ *  \param[in] x unsigned 16 bit integer
+ *  \param[out] p Buffer to store integer
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes to store
+ */
+static inline void osmo_store16le_ext(uint16_t x, void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; q[i] = (x >> i * 8) & 0xFF, i++);
+}
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned n-byte integer (big-endian encoding) from uint16_t
+ *  \param[in] x unsigned 16 bit integer
+ *  \param[out] p Buffer to store integer
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes to store
+ */
+static inline void osmo_store16be_ext(uint16_t x, void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; q[i] = (x >> ((n - 1 - i) * 8)) & 0xFF, i++);
+}
+
+
+/* Convenience function for most-used cases */
+
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned 16-bit integer (little-endian encoding) */
+static inline uint16_t osmo_load16le(const void *p)
+{
+	return osmo_load16le_ext(p, 16 / 8);
+}
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned 16-bit integer (big-endian encoding) */
+static inline uint16_t osmo_load16be(const void *p)
+{
+	return osmo_load16be_ext(p, 16 / 8);
+}
+
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned 16-bit integer (little-endian encoding) */
+static inline void osmo_store16le(uint16_t x, void *p)
+{
+	osmo_store16le_ext(x, p, 16 / 8);
+}
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned 16-bit integer (big-endian encoding) */
+static inline void osmo_store16be(uint16_t x, void *p)
+{
+	osmo_store16be_ext(x, p, 16 / 8);
+}
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit32gen.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit32gen.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6640e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit32gen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * bit32gen.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014  Max <max.suraev@fairwaves.co>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned n-byte integer (little-endian encoding) into uint32_t
+ *  \param[in] p Buffer where integer is stored
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes stored in p
+ *  \returns 32 bit unsigned integer
+ */
+static inline uint32_t osmo_load32le_ext(const void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint32_t r = 0;
+	const uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; r |= ((uint32_t)q[i] << (8 * i)), i++);
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned n-byte integer (big-endian encoding) into uint32_t
+ *  \param[in] p Buffer where integer is stored
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes stored in p
+ *  \returns 32 bit unsigned integer
+ */
+static inline uint32_t osmo_load32be_ext(const void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint32_t r = 0;
+	const uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; r |= ((uint32_t)q[i] << (32 - 8* (1 + i))), i++);
+	return r;
+}
+
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned n-byte integer (little-endian encoding) from uint32_t
+ *  \param[in] x unsigned 32 bit integer
+ *  \param[out] p Buffer to store integer
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes to store
+ */
+static inline void osmo_store32le_ext(uint32_t x, void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; q[i] = (x >> i * 8) & 0xFF, i++);
+}
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned n-byte integer (big-endian encoding) from uint32_t
+ *  \param[in] x unsigned 32 bit integer
+ *  \param[out] p Buffer to store integer
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes to store
+ */
+static inline void osmo_store32be_ext(uint32_t x, void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; q[i] = (x >> ((n - 1 - i) * 8)) & 0xFF, i++);
+}
+
+
+/* Convenience function for most-used cases */
+
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned 32-bit integer (little-endian encoding) */
+static inline uint32_t osmo_load32le(const void *p)
+{
+	return osmo_load32le_ext(p, 32 / 8);
+}
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned 32-bit integer (big-endian encoding) */
+static inline uint32_t osmo_load32be(const void *p)
+{
+	return osmo_load32be_ext(p, 32 / 8);
+}
+
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned 32-bit integer (little-endian encoding) */
+static inline void osmo_store32le(uint32_t x, void *p)
+{
+	osmo_store32le_ext(x, p, 32 / 8);
+}
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned 32-bit integer (big-endian encoding) */
+static inline void osmo_store32be(uint32_t x, void *p)
+{
+	osmo_store32be_ext(x, p, 32 / 8);
+}
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit64gen.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit64gen.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c7b709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bit64gen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * bit64gen.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014  Max <max.suraev@fairwaves.co>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned n-byte integer (little-endian encoding) into uint64_t
+ *  \param[in] p Buffer where integer is stored
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes stored in p
+ *  \returns 64 bit unsigned integer
+ */
+static inline uint64_t osmo_load64le_ext(const void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint64_t r = 0;
+	const uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; r |= ((uint64_t)q[i] << (8 * i)), i++);
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned n-byte integer (big-endian encoding) into uint64_t
+ *  \param[in] p Buffer where integer is stored
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes stored in p
+ *  \returns 64 bit unsigned integer
+ */
+static inline uint64_t osmo_load64be_ext(const void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint64_t r = 0;
+	const uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; r |= ((uint64_t)q[i] << (64 - 8* (1 + i))), i++);
+	return r;
+}
+
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned n-byte integer (little-endian encoding) from uint64_t
+ *  \param[in] x unsigned 64 bit integer
+ *  \param[out] p Buffer to store integer
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes to store
+ */
+static inline void osmo_store64le_ext(uint64_t x, void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; q[i] = (x >> i * 8) & 0xFF, i++);
+}
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned n-byte integer (big-endian encoding) from uint64_t
+ *  \param[in] x unsigned 64 bit integer
+ *  \param[out] p Buffer to store integer
+ *  \param[in] n Number of bytes to store
+ */
+static inline void osmo_store64be_ext(uint64_t x, void *p, uint8_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t i;
+	uint8_t *q = (uint8_t *)p;
+	for(i = 0; i < n; q[i] = (x >> ((n - 1 - i) * 8)) & 0xFF, i++);
+}
+
+
+/* Convenience function for most-used cases */
+
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned 64-bit integer (little-endian encoding) */
+static inline uint64_t osmo_load64le(const void *p)
+{
+	return osmo_load64le_ext(p, 64 / 8);
+}
+
+/*! \brief load unaligned 64-bit integer (big-endian encoding) */
+static inline uint64_t osmo_load64be(const void *p)
+{
+	return osmo_load64be_ext(p, 64 / 8);
+}
+
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned 64-bit integer (little-endian encoding) */
+static inline void osmo_store64le(uint64_t x, void *p)
+{
+	osmo_store64le_ext(x, p, 64 / 8);
+}
+
+/*! \brief store unaligned 64-bit integer (big-endian encoding) */
+static inline void osmo_store64be(uint64_t x, void *p)
+{
+	osmo_store64be_ext(x, p, 64 / 8);
+}
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bits.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bits.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5535920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/bits.h
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/bit16gen.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/bit32gen.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/bit64gen.h>
+
+/*! \defgroup bits soft, unpacked and packed bits
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file bits.h
+ *  \brief Osmocom bit level support code
+ *
+ *  NOTE on the endianess of pbit_t:
+ *  Bits in a pbit_t are ordered MSB first, i.e. 0x80 is the first bit.
+ *  Bit i in a pbit_t array is array[i/8] & (1<<(7-i%8))
+ */
+
+typedef int8_t  sbit_t;		/*!< \brief soft bit (-127...127) */
+typedef uint8_t ubit_t;		/*!< \brief unpacked bit (0 or 1) */
+typedef uint8_t pbit_t;		/*!< \brief packed bis (8 bits in a byte) */
+
+/*! \brief determine how many bytes we would need for \a num_bits packed bits
+ *  \param[in] num_bits Number of packed bits
+ *  \returns number of bytes needed for \a num_bits packed bits
+ */
+static inline unsigned int osmo_pbit_bytesize(unsigned int num_bits)
+{
+	unsigned int pbit_bytesize = num_bits / 8;
+
+	if (num_bits % 8)
+		pbit_bytesize++;
+
+	return pbit_bytesize;
+}
+
+int osmo_ubit2pbit(pbit_t *out, const ubit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits);
+
+int osmo_pbit2ubit(ubit_t *out, const pbit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits);
+
+void osmo_nibble_shift_right(uint8_t *out, const uint8_t *in,
+			     unsigned int num_nibbles);
+void osmo_nibble_shift_left_unal(uint8_t *out, const uint8_t *in,
+				 unsigned int num_nibbles);
+
+void osmo_ubit2sbit(sbit_t *out, const ubit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits);
+void osmo_sbit2ubit(ubit_t *out, const sbit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits);
+
+int osmo_ubit2pbit_ext(pbit_t *out, unsigned int out_ofs,
+                       const ubit_t *in, unsigned int in_ofs,
+                       unsigned int num_bits, int lsb_mode);
+
+int osmo_pbit2ubit_ext(ubit_t *out, unsigned int out_ofs,
+                       const pbit_t *in, unsigned int in_ofs,
+                       unsigned int num_bits, int lsb_mode);
+
+#define OSMO_BIN_SPEC "%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d"
+#define OSMO_BIN_PRINT(byte)  \
+  (byte & 0x80 ? 1 : 0), \
+  (byte & 0x40 ? 1 : 0), \
+  (byte & 0x20 ? 1 : 0), \
+  (byte & 0x10 ? 1 : 0), \
+  (byte & 0x08 ? 1 : 0), \
+  (byte & 0x04 ? 1 : 0), \
+  (byte & 0x02 ? 1 : 0), \
+  (byte & 0x01 ? 1 : 0)
+
+#define OSMO_BIT_SPEC "%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c"
+#define OSMO_BIT_PRINT(byte)  \
+  (byte & 0x80 ? '1' : '.'), \
+  (byte & 0x40 ? '1' : '.'), \
+  (byte & 0x20 ? '1' : '.'), \
+  (byte & 0x10 ? '1' : '.'), \
+  (byte & 0x08 ? '1' : '.'), \
+  (byte & 0x04 ? '1' : '.'), \
+  (byte & 0x02 ? '1' : '.'), \
+  (byte & 0x01 ? '1' : '.')
+
+/* BIT REVERSAL */
+
+/*! \brief bit-reversal mode for osmo_bit_reversal() */
+enum osmo_br_mode {
+	/*! \brief reverse all bits in a 32bit dword */
+	OSMO_BR_BITS_IN_DWORD	= 31,
+	/*! \brief reverse byte order in a 32bit dword */
+	OSMO_BR_BYTES_IN_DWORD	= 24,
+	/*! \brief reverse bits of each byte in a 32bit dword */
+	OSMO_BR_BITS_IN_BYTE	= 7,
+	/*! \brief swap the two 16bit words in a 32bit dword */
+	OSMO_BR_WORD_SWAP	= 16,
+};
+
+/*! \brief generic bit reversal function */
+uint32_t osmo_bit_reversal(uint32_t x, enum osmo_br_mode k);
+
+/* \brief reverse the bits within each byte of a 32bit word */
+uint32_t osmo_revbytebits_32(uint32_t x);
+
+/* \brief reverse the bits within a byte */
+uint32_t osmo_revbytebits_8(uint8_t x);
+
+/* \brief reverse the bits of each byte in a given buffer */
+void osmo_revbytebits_buf(uint8_t *buf, int len);
+
+/*! \brief left circular shift
+ *  \param[in] in The 16 bit unsigned integer to be rotated
+ *  \param[in] shift Number of bits to shift \a in to, [0;16] bits
+ *  \returns shifted value
+ */
+static inline uint16_t osmo_rol16(uint16_t in, unsigned shift)
+{
+	return (in << shift) | (in >> (16 - shift));
+}
+
+/*! @} */
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/defs.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/defs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aebe925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/defs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/*! \defgroup utils General-purpose utility functions
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file defs.h
+ *  \brief General definitions that are meant to be included from header files.
+ */
+
+/*! \brief Check for gcc and version.
+ *
+ * \note Albeit glibc provides a features.h file that contains a similar
+ *       definition (__GNUC_PREREQ), this definition has been copied from there
+ *       to have it available with other libraries, too.
+ *
+ * \return != 0 iff gcc is used and it's version is at least maj.min.
+ */
+#if defined __GNUC__ && defined __GNUC_MINOR__
+# define OSMO_GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) \
+	((__GNUC__ << 16) + __GNUC_MINOR__ >= ((maj) << 16) + (min))
+#else
+# define OSMO_GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) 0
+#endif
+
+/*! \brief Set the deprecated attribute with a message.
+ */
+#if defined(__clang__)
+# define _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED __has_attribute(deprecated)
+# define _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED_WITH_MESSAGE __has_extension(attribute_deprecated_with_message)
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+# define _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED 1
+# define _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED_WITH_MESSAGE OSMO_GNUC_PREREQ(4,5)
+#endif
+
+#if _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED_WITH_MESSAGE
+# define OSMO_DEPRECATED(text)  __attribute__((__deprecated__(text)))
+#elif _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED
+# define OSMO_DEPRECATED(text)  __attribute__((__deprecated__))
+#else
+# define OSMO_DEPRECATED(text)
+#endif
+
+#undef _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED_WITH_MESSAGE
+#undef _OSMO_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED
+
+/*! @} */
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afb887c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,510 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/* (C) 2008 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/linuxlist.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/bits.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/defs.h>
+
+/*! \defgroup msgb Message buffers
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file msgb.h
+ *  \brief Osmocom message buffers
+ * The Osmocom message buffers are modelled after the 'struct skb'
+ * inside the Linux kernel network stack.  As they exist in userspace,
+ * they are much simplified.  However, terminology such as headroom,
+ * tailroom, push/pull/put etc. remains the same.
+ */
+
+#define MSGB_DEBUG
+
+/*! \brief Osmocom message buffer */
+struct msgb {
+	struct llist_head list; /*!< \brief linked list header */
+
+
+	/* Part of which TRX logical channel we were received / transmitted */
+	/* FIXME: move them into the control buffer */
+	union {
+		void *dst; /*!< \brief reference of origin/destination */
+		struct gsm_bts_trx *trx;
+	};
+	struct gsm_lchan *lchan; /*!< \brief logical channel */
+
+	unsigned char *l1h; /*!< \brief pointer to Layer1 header (if any) */
+	unsigned char *l2h; /*!< \brief pointer to A-bis layer 2 header: OML, RSL(RLL), NS */
+	unsigned char *l3h; /*!< \brief pointer to Layer 3 header. For OML: FOM; RSL: 04.08; GPRS: BSSGP */
+	unsigned char *l4h; /*!< \brief pointer to layer 4 header */
+
+	unsigned long cb[5]; /*!< \brief control buffer */
+
+	uint16_t data_len;   /*!< \brief length of underlying data array */
+	uint16_t len;	     /*!< \brief length of bytes used in msgb */
+
+	unsigned char *head;	/*!< \brief start of underlying memory buffer */
+	unsigned char *tail;	/*!< \brief end of message in buffer */
+	unsigned char *data;	/*!< \brief start of message in buffer */
+	unsigned char _data[0]; /*!< \brief optional immediate data array */
+};
+
+extern struct msgb *msgb_alloc(uint16_t size, const char *name);
+extern void msgb_free(struct msgb *m);
+extern void msgb_enqueue(struct llist_head *queue, struct msgb *msg);
+extern struct msgb *msgb_dequeue(struct llist_head *queue);
+extern void msgb_reset(struct msgb *m);
+uint16_t msgb_length(const struct msgb *msg);
+extern const char *msgb_hexdump(const struct msgb *msg);
+extern int msgb_resize_area(struct msgb *msg, uint8_t *area,
+	int old_size, int new_size);
+extern struct msgb *msgb_copy(const struct msgb *msg, const char *name);
+static int msgb_test_invariant(const struct msgb *msg) __attribute__((pure));
+
+#ifdef MSGB_DEBUG
+#include <osmocom/core/panic.h>
+#define MSGB_ABORT(msg, fmt, args ...) do {		\
+	osmo_panic("msgb(%p): " fmt, msg, ## args);	\
+	} while(0)
+#else
+#define MSGB_ABORT(msg, fmt, args ...)
+#endif
+
+/*! \brief obtain L1 header of msgb */
+#define msgb_l1(m)	((void *)(m->l1h))
+/*! \brief obtain L2 header of msgb */
+#define msgb_l2(m)	((void *)(m->l2h))
+/*! \brief obtain L3 header of msgb */
+#define msgb_l3(m)	((void *)(m->l3h))
+/*! \brief obtain SMS header of msgb */
+#define msgb_sms(m)	((void *)(m->l4h))
+
+/*! \brief determine length of L1 message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns size of L1 message in bytes
+ *
+ * This function computes the number of bytes between the tail of the
+ * message and the layer 1 header.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int msgb_l1len(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return msgb->tail - (uint8_t *)msgb_l1(msgb);
+}
+
+/*! \brief determine length of L2 message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns size of L2 message in bytes
+ *
+ * This function computes the number of bytes between the tail of the
+ * message and the layer 2 header.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int msgb_l2len(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return msgb->tail - (uint8_t *)msgb_l2(msgb);
+}
+
+/*! \brief determine length of L3 message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns size of L3 message in bytes
+ *
+ * This function computes the number of bytes between the tail of the
+ * message and the layer 3 header.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int msgb_l3len(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return msgb->tail - (uint8_t *)msgb_l3(msgb);
+}
+
+/*! \brief determine the length of the header
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns number of bytes between start of buffer and start of msg
+ *
+ * This function computes the length difference between the underlying
+ * data buffer and the used section of the \a msgb.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int msgb_headlen(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return msgb->len - msgb->data_len;
+}
+
+/*! \brief determine how much tail room is left in msgb
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns number of bytes remaining at end of msgb
+ *
+ * This function computes the amount of octets left in the underlying
+ * data buffer after the end of the message.
+ */
+static inline int msgb_tailroom(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return (msgb->head + msgb->data_len) - msgb->tail;
+}
+
+/*! \brief determine the amount of headroom in msgb
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns number of bytes left ahead of message start in msgb
+ *
+ * This function computes the amount of bytes left in the underlying
+ * data buffer before the start of the actual message.
+ */
+static inline int msgb_headroom(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return (msgb->data - msgb->head);
+}
+
+/*! \brief append data to end of message buffer
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] len number of bytes to append to message
+ *  \returns pointer to start of newly-appended data
+ *
+ * This function will move the \a tail pointer of the message buffer \a
+ * len bytes further, thus enlarging the message by \a len bytes.
+ *
+ * The return value is a pointer to start of the newly added section at
+ * the end of the message and can be used for actually filling/copying
+ * data into it.
+ */
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_put(struct msgb *msgb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned char *tmp = msgb->tail;
+	if (msgb_tailroom(msgb) < (int) len)
+		MSGB_ABORT(msgb, "Not enough tailroom msgb_put (%u < %u)\n",
+			   msgb_tailroom(msgb), len);
+	msgb->tail += len;
+	msgb->len += len;
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+/*! \brief append a uint8 value to the end of the message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] word unsigned 8bit byte to be appended
+ */
+static inline void msgb_put_u8(struct msgb *msgb, uint8_t word)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_put(msgb, 1);
+	space[0] = word & 0xFF;
+}
+
+/*! \brief append a uint16 value to the end of the message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] word unsigned 16bit byte to be appended
+ */
+static inline void msgb_put_u16(struct msgb *msgb, uint16_t word)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_put(msgb, 2);
+	osmo_store16be(word, space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief append a uint32 value to the end of the message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] word unsigned 32bit byte to be appended
+ */
+static inline void msgb_put_u32(struct msgb *msgb, uint32_t word)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_put(msgb, 4);
+	osmo_store32be(word, space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove data from end of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] len number of bytes to remove from end
+ */
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_get(struct msgb *msgb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned char *tmp = msgb->tail - len;
+	if (msgb_length(msgb) < len)
+		MSGB_ABORT(msgb, "msgb too small to get %u (len %u)\n",
+			   len, msgb_length(msgb));
+	msgb->tail -= len;
+	msgb->len -= len;
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove uint8 from end of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns 8bit value taken from end of msgb
+ */
+static inline uint8_t msgb_get_u8(struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_get(msgb, 1);
+	return space[0];
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove uint16 from end of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns 16bit value taken from end of msgb
+ */
+static inline uint16_t msgb_get_u16(struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_get(msgb, 2);
+	return osmo_load16be(space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove uint32 from end of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns 32bit value taken from end of msgb
+ */
+static inline uint32_t msgb_get_u32(struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_get(msgb, 4);
+	return osmo_load32be(space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief prepend (push) some data to start of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] len number of bytes to pre-pend
+ *  \returns pointer to newly added portion at start of \a msgb
+ *
+ * This function moves the \a data pointer of the \ref msgb further
+ * to the front (by \a len bytes), thereby enlarging the message by \a
+ * len bytes.
+ *
+ * The return value is a pointer to the newly added section in the
+ * beginning of the message.  It can be used to fill/copy data into it.
+ */
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_push(struct msgb *msgb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	if (msgb_headroom(msgb) < (int) len)
+		MSGB_ABORT(msgb, "Not enough headroom msgb_push (%u < %u)\n",
+			   msgb_headroom(msgb), len);
+	msgb->data -= len;
+	msgb->len += len;
+	return msgb->data;
+}
+
+/*! \brief prepend a uint8 value to the head of the message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] word unsigned 8bit byte to be prepended
+ */
+static inline void msgb_push_u8(struct msgb *msg, uint8_t word)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_push(msg, 1);
+	space[0] = word;
+}
+
+/*! \brief prepend a uint16 value to the head of the message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] word unsigned 16bit byte to be prepended
+ */
+static inline void msgb_push_u16(struct msgb *msg, uint16_t word)
+{
+	uint16_t *space = (uint16_t *) msgb_push(msg, 2);
+	osmo_store16be(word, space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief prepend a uint32 value to the head of the message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] word unsigned 32bit byte to be prepended
+ */
+static inline void msgb_push_u32(struct msgb *msg, uint32_t word)
+{
+	uint32_t *space = (uint32_t *) msgb_push(msg, 4);
+	osmo_store32be(word, space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove (pull) a header from the front of the message buffer
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \param[in] len number of octets to be pulled
+ *  \returns pointer to new start of msgb
+ *
+ * This function moves the \a data pointer of the \ref msgb further back
+ * in the message, thereby shrinking the size of the message by \a len
+ * bytes.
+ */
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_pull(struct msgb *msgb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	msgb->len -= len;
+	return msgb->data += len;
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove (pull) all headers in front of l3h from the message buffer.
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer with a valid l3h
+ *  \returns pointer to new start of msgb (l3h)
+ *
+ * This function moves the \a data pointer of the \ref msgb further back
+ * in the message, thereby shrinking the size of the message.
+ * l1h and l2h will be cleared.
+ */
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_pull_to_l3(struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	unsigned char *ret = msgb_pull(msg, msg->l3h - msg->data);
+	msg->l1h = msg->l2h = NULL;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove (pull) all headers in front of l2h from the message buffer.
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer with a valid l2h
+ *  \returns pointer to new start of msgb (l2h)
+ *
+ * This function moves the \a data pointer of the \ref msgb further back
+ * in the message, thereby shrinking the size of the message.
+ * l1h will be cleared.
+ */
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_pull_to_l2(struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	unsigned char *ret = msgb_pull(msg, msg->l2h - msg->data);
+	msg->l1h = NULL;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove uint8 from front of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns 8bit value taken from end of msgb
+ */
+static inline uint8_t msgb_pull_u8(struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_pull(msgb, 1) - 1;
+	return space[0];
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove uint16 from front of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns 16bit value taken from end of msgb
+ */
+static inline uint16_t msgb_pull_u16(struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_pull(msgb, 2) - 2;
+	return osmo_load16be(space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief remove uint32 from front of message
+ *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
+ *  \returns 32bit value taken from end of msgb
+ */
+static inline uint32_t msgb_pull_u32(struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	uint8_t *space = msgb_pull(msgb, 4) - 4;
+	return osmo_load32be(space);
+}
+
+/*! \brief Increase headroom of empty msgb, reducing the tailroom
+ *  \param[in] msg message buffer
+ *  \param[in] len amount of extra octets to be reserved as headroom
+ *
+ * This function reserves some memory at the beginning of the underlying
+ * data buffer.  The idea is to reserve space in case further headers
+ * have to be pushed to the \ref msgb during further processing.
+ *
+ * Calling this function leads to undefined reusults if it is called on
+ * a non-empty \ref msgb.
+ */
+static inline void msgb_reserve(struct msgb *msg, int len)
+{
+	msg->data += len;
+	msg->tail += len;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Trim the msgb to a given absolute length
+ *  \param[in] msg message buffer
+ *  \param[in] len new total length of buffer
+ *  \returns 0 in case of success, negative in case of error
+ */
+static inline int msgb_trim(struct msgb *msg, int len)
+{
+	if (len < 0)
+		MSGB_ABORT(msg, "Negative length is not allowed\n");
+	if (len > msg->data_len)
+		return -1;
+
+	msg->len = len;
+	msg->tail = msg->data + len;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Trim the msgb to a given layer3 length
+ *  \param[in] msg message buffer
+ *  \param[in] l3len new layer3 length
+ *  \returns 0 in case of success, negative in case of error
+ */
+static inline int msgb_l3trim(struct msgb *msg, int l3len)
+{
+	return msgb_trim(msg, (msg->l3h - msg->data) + l3len);
+}
+
+/*! \brief Allocate message buffer with specified headroom
+ *  \param[in] size size in bytes, including headroom
+ *  \param[in] headroom headroom in bytes
+ *  \param[in] name human-readable name
+ *  \returns allocated message buffer with specified headroom
+ *
+ * This function is a convenience wrapper around \ref msgb_alloc
+ * followed by \ref msgb_reserve in order to create a new \ref msgb with
+ * user-specified amount of headroom.
+ */
+static inline struct msgb *msgb_alloc_headroom(int size, int headroom,
+						const char *name)
+{
+	osmo_static_assert(size > headroom, headroom_bigger);
+
+	struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc(size, name);
+	if (msg)
+		msgb_reserve(msg, headroom);
+	return msg;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Check a message buffer for consistency
+ *  \param[in] msg message buffer
+ *  \returns 0 (false) if inconsistent, != 0 (true) otherwise
+ */
+static inline int msgb_test_invariant(const struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	const unsigned char *lbound;
+	if (!msg || !msg->data || !msg->tail ||
+	    (msg->data + msg->len != msg->tail) ||
+	    (msg->data < msg->head) ||
+	    (msg->tail > msg->head + msg->data_len))
+		return 0;
+
+	lbound = msg->head;
+
+	if (msg->l1h) {
+		if (msg->l1h < lbound)
+			return 0;
+		lbound = msg->l1h;
+	}
+	if (msg->l2h) {
+		if (msg->l2h < lbound)
+			return 0;
+		lbound = msg->l2h;
+	}
+	if (msg->l3h) {
+		if (msg->l3h < lbound)
+			return 0;
+		lbound = msg->l3h;
+	}
+	if (msg->l4h) {
+		if (msg->l4h < lbound)
+			return 0;
+		lbound = msg->l4h;
+	}
+
+	return lbound <= msg->head +  msg->data_len;
+}
+
+/* non inline functions to ease binding */
+
+uint8_t *msgb_data(const struct msgb *msg);
+
+void *msgb_talloc_ctx_init(void *root_ctx, unsigned int pool_size);
+void msgb_set_talloc_ctx(void *ctx) OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use msgb_talloc_ctx_init() instead");
+
+/*! @} */
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/panic.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/panic.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d575c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/panic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/*! \addtogroup utils
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file panic.h */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+/*! \brief panic handler callback function type */
+typedef void (*osmo_panic_handler_t)(const char *fmt, va_list args);
+
+extern void osmo_panic(const char *fmt, ...);
+extern void osmo_set_panic_handler(osmo_panic_handler_t h);
+
+/*! @} */
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/talloc.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/talloc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df7ea7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/talloc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* Convenience wrapper.  libosmocore used to ship its own internal copy of
+ * talloc, before libtalloc became a standard component on most systems */
+#pragma once
+#include <talloc.h>
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/utils.h b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63a73ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/include/osmocom/core/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <osmocom/core/backtrace.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
+
+/*! \defgroup utils General-purpose utility functions
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file utils.h */
+
+/*! \brief Determine number of elements in an array of static size */
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
+/*! \brief Return the maximum of two specified values */
+#define OSMO_MAX(a, b) ((a) >= (b) ? (a) : (b))
+/*! \brief Return the minimum of two specified values */
+#define OSMO_MIN(a, b) ((a) >= (b) ? (b) : (a))
+/*! \brief Stringify the contents of a macro, e.g. a port number */
+#define OSMO_STRINGIFY(x) #x
+/*! \brief Make a value_string entry from an enum value name */
+#define OSMO_VALUE_STRING(x) { x, #x }
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/*! \brief A mapping between human-readable string and numeric value */
+struct value_string {
+	unsigned int value;	/*!< \brief numeric value */
+	const char *str;	/*!< \brief human-readable string */
+};
+
+const char *get_value_string(const struct value_string *vs, uint32_t val);
+const char *get_value_string_or_null(const struct value_string *vs,
+				     uint32_t val);
+
+int get_string_value(const struct value_string *vs, const char *str);
+
+char osmo_bcd2char(uint8_t bcd);
+/* only works for numbers in ascci */
+uint8_t osmo_char2bcd(char c);
+
+int osmo_hexparse(const char *str, uint8_t *b, int max_len);
+
+char *osmo_ubit_dump(const uint8_t *bits, unsigned int len);
+char *osmo_hexdump(const unsigned char *buf, int len);
+char *osmo_hexdump_nospc(const unsigned char *buf, int len);
+char *osmo_osmo_hexdump_nospc(const unsigned char *buf, int len) __attribute__((__deprecated__));
+
+#define osmo_static_assert(exp, name) typedef int dummy##name [(exp) ? 1 : -1] __attribute__((__unused__));
+
+void osmo_str2lower(char *out, const char *in);
+void osmo_str2upper(char *out, const char *in);
+
+#define OSMO_SNPRINTF_RET(ret, rem, offset, len)		\
+do {								\
+	len += ret;						\
+	if (ret > rem)						\
+		ret = rem;					\
+	offset += ret;						\
+	rem -= ret;						\
+} while (0)
+
+/*! Helper macro to terminate when an assertion failes
+ *  \param[in] exp Predicate to verify
+ *  This function will generate a backtrace and terminate the program if
+ *  the predicate evaluates to false (0).
+ */
+#define OSMO_ASSERT(exp)    \
+	if (!(exp)) { \
+		fprintf(stderr, "Assert failed %s %s:%d\n", #exp, __BASE_FILE__, __LINE__); \
+		osmo_generate_backtrace(); \
+		abort(); \
+	}
+
+/*! duplicate a string using talloc and release its prior content (if any)
+ * \param[in] ctx Talloc context to use for allocation
+ * \param[out] dst pointer to string, will be updated with ptr to new string
+ * \param[in] newstr String that will be copieed to newly allocated string */
+static inline void osmo_talloc_replace_string(void *ctx, char **dst, const char *newstr)
+{
+	if (*dst)
+		talloc_free(*dst);
+	*dst = talloc_strdup(ctx, newstr);
+}
+
+int osmo_constant_time_cmp(const uint8_t *exp, const uint8_t *rel, const int count);
+uint64_t osmo_decode_big_endian(const uint8_t *data, size_t data_len);
+uint8_t *osmo_encode_big_endian(uint64_t value, size_t data_len);
+
+size_t osmo_strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz);
+
+/*! @} */
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/source/backtrace.c b/firmware/libosmocore/source/backtrace.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d6dc4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/source/backtrace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * (C) 2012 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*! \file backtrace.c
+ *  \brief Routines realted to generating call back traces
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+//#include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
+//#include "config.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+#include <execinfo.h>
+
+static void _osmo_backtrace(int use_printf, int subsys, int level)
+{
+	int i, nptrs;
+	void *buffer[100];
+	char **strings;
+
+	nptrs = backtrace(buffer, ARRAY_SIZE(buffer));
+	if (use_printf)
+		printf("backtrace() returned %d addresses\n", nptrs);
+	else
+		LOGP(subsys, level, "backtrace() returned %d addresses\n",
+		     nptrs);
+
+	strings = backtrace_symbols(buffer, nptrs);
+	if (!strings)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < nptrs; i++) {
+		if (use_printf)
+			printf("%s\n", strings[i]);
+		else
+			LOGP(subsys, level, "\t%s\n", strings[i]);
+	}
+
+	free(strings);
+}
+
+/*! \brief Generate and print a call back-trace
+ *
+ * This function will generate a function call back-trace of the
+ * current process and print it to stdout. */
+void osmo_generate_backtrace(void)
+{
+	_osmo_backtrace(1, 0, 0);
+}
+
+/*! \brief Generate and log a call back-trace
+ *  \param[in] subsys Logging sub-system
+ *  \param[in] level Logging level
+ *
+ * This function will generate a function call back-trace of the
+ * current process and log it to the specified subsystem and
+ * level using the libosmocore logging subsystem */
+void osmo_log_backtrace(int subsys, int level)
+{
+	_osmo_backtrace(0, subsys, level);
+}
+#else
+void osmo_generate_backtrace(void)
+{
+	printf("This platform has no backtrace function\n");
+}
+void osmo_log_backtrace(int subsys, int level)
+{
+	//LOGP(subsys, level, "This platform has no backtrace function\n");
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/source/bits.c b/firmware/libosmocore/source/bits.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c77b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/source/bits.c
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2011 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * (C) 2011 by Sylvain Munaut <tnt@246tNt.com>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/bits.h>
+
+/*! \addtogroup bits
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file bits.c
+ *  \brief Osmocom bit level support code
+ */
+
+
+/*! \brief convert unpacked bits to packed bits, return length in bytes
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer of packed bits
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer of unpacked bits
+ *  \param[in] num_bits number of bits
+ */
+int osmo_ubit2pbit(pbit_t *out, const ubit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	uint8_t curbyte = 0;
+	pbit_t *outptr = out;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_bits; i++) {
+		uint8_t bitnum = 7 - (i % 8);
+
+		curbyte |= (in[i] << bitnum);
+
+		if(i % 8 == 7){
+			*outptr++ = curbyte;
+			curbyte = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	/* we have a non-modulo-8 bitcount */
+	if (i % 8)
+		*outptr++ = curbyte;
+
+	return outptr - out;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Shift unaligned input to octet-aligned output
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer, unaligned
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer, octet-aligned
+ *  \param[in] num_nibbles number of nibbles
+ */
+void osmo_nibble_shift_right(uint8_t *out, const uint8_t *in,
+			     unsigned int num_nibbles)
+{
+	unsigned int i, num_whole_bytes = num_nibbles / 2;
+	if (!num_whole_bytes)
+		return;
+
+	/* first byte: upper nibble empty, lower nibble from src */
+	out[0] = (in[0] >> 4);
+
+	/* bytes 1.. */
+	for (i = 1; i < num_whole_bytes; i++)
+		out[i] = ((in[i - 1] & 0xF) << 4) | (in[i] >> 4);
+
+	/* shift the last nibble, in case there's an odd count */
+	i = num_whole_bytes;
+	if (num_nibbles & 1)
+		out[i] = ((in[i - 1] & 0xF) << 4) | (in[i] >> 4);
+	else
+		out[i] = (in[i - 1] & 0xF) << 4;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Shift unaligned input to octet-aligned output
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer, octet-aligned
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer, unaligned
+ *  \param[in] num_nibbles number of nibbles
+ */
+void osmo_nibble_shift_left_unal(uint8_t *out, const uint8_t *in,
+				unsigned int num_nibbles)
+{
+	unsigned int i, num_whole_bytes = num_nibbles / 2;
+	if (!num_whole_bytes)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_whole_bytes; i++)
+		out[i] = ((in[i] & 0xF) << 4) | (in[i + 1] >> 4);
+
+	/* shift the last nibble, in case there's an odd count */
+	i = num_whole_bytes;
+	if (num_nibbles & 1)
+		out[i] = (in[i] & 0xF) << 4;
+}
+
+/*! \brief convert unpacked bits to soft bits
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer of soft bits
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer of unpacked bits
+ *  \param[in] num_bits number of bits
+ */
+void osmo_ubit2sbit(sbit_t *out, const ubit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < num_bits; i++)
+		out[i] = in[i] ? -127 : 127;
+}
+
+/*! \brief convert soft bits to unpacked bits
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer of unpacked bits
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer of soft bits
+ *  \param[in] num_bits number of bits
+ */
+void osmo_sbit2ubit(ubit_t *out, const sbit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < num_bits; i++)
+		out[i] = in[i] < 0;
+}
+
+/*! \brief convert packed bits to unpacked bits, return length in bytes
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer of unpacked bits
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer of packed bits
+ *  \param[in] num_bits number of bits
+ *  \return number of bytes used in \ref out
+ */
+int osmo_pbit2ubit(ubit_t *out, const pbit_t *in, unsigned int num_bits)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	ubit_t *cur = out;
+	ubit_t *limit = out + num_bits;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (num_bits/8)+1; i++) {
+		pbit_t byte = in[i];
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 7) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 6) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 5) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 4) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 3) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 2) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 1) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+		*cur++ = (byte >> 0) & 1;
+		if (cur >= limit)
+			break;
+	}
+	return cur - out;
+}
+
+/*! \brief convert unpacked bits to packed bits (extended options)
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer of packed bits
+ *  \param[in] out_ofs offset into output buffer
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer of unpacked bits
+ *  \param[in] in_ofs offset into input buffer
+ *  \param[in] num_bits number of bits
+ *  \param[in] lsb_mode Encode bits in LSB orde instead of MSB
+ *  \returns length in bytes (max written offset of output buffer + 1)
+ */
+int osmo_ubit2pbit_ext(pbit_t *out, unsigned int out_ofs,
+                       const ubit_t *in, unsigned int in_ofs,
+                       unsigned int num_bits, int lsb_mode)
+{
+	int i, op, bn;
+	for (i=0; i<num_bits; i++) {
+		op = out_ofs + i;
+		bn = lsb_mode ? (op&7) : (7-(op&7));
+		if (in[in_ofs+i])
+			out[op>>3] |= 1 << bn;
+		else
+			out[op>>3] &= ~(1 << bn);
+	}
+	return ((out_ofs + num_bits - 1) >> 3) + 1;
+}
+
+/*! \brief convert packed bits to unpacked bits (extended options)
+ *  \param[out] out output buffer of unpacked bits
+ *  \param[in] out_ofs offset into output buffer
+ *  \param[in] in input buffer of packed bits
+ *  \param[in] in_ofs offset into input buffer
+ *  \param[in] num_bits number of bits
+ *  \param[in] lsb_mode Encode bits in LSB orde instead of MSB
+ *  \returns length in bytes (max written offset of output buffer + 1)
+ */
+int osmo_pbit2ubit_ext(ubit_t *out, unsigned int out_ofs,
+                       const pbit_t *in, unsigned int in_ofs,
+                       unsigned int num_bits, int lsb_mode)
+{
+	int i, ip, bn;
+	for (i=0; i<num_bits; i++) {
+		ip = in_ofs + i;
+		bn = lsb_mode ? (ip&7) : (7-(ip&7));
+		out[out_ofs+i] = !!(in[ip>>3] & (1<<bn));
+	}
+	return out_ofs + num_bits;
+}
+
+/*! \brief generalized bit reversal function
+ *  \param[in] x the 32bit value to be reversed
+ *  \param[in] k the type of reversal requested
+ *  \returns the reversed 32bit dword
+ *
+ * This function reverses the bit order within a 32bit word. Depending
+ * on "k", it either reverses all bits in a 32bit dword, or the bytes in
+ * the dword, or the bits in each byte of a dword, or simply swaps the
+ * two 16bit words in a dword.  See Chapter 7 "Hackers Delight"
+ */
+uint32_t osmo_bit_reversal(uint32_t x, enum osmo_br_mode k)
+{
+	if (k &  1) x = (x & 0x55555555) <<  1 | (x & 0xAAAAAAAA) >>  1;
+	if (k &  2) x = (x & 0x33333333) <<  2 | (x & 0xCCCCCCCC) >>  2;
+	if (k &  4) x = (x & 0x0F0F0F0F) <<  4 | (x & 0xF0F0F0F0) >>  4;
+	if (k &  8) x = (x & 0x00FF00FF) <<  8 | (x & 0xFF00FF00) >>  8;
+	if (k & 16) x = (x & 0x0000FFFF) << 16 | (x & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16;
+
+	return x;
+}
+
+/*! \brief reverse the bit-order in each byte of a dword
+ *  \param[in] x 32bit input value
+ *  \returns 32bit value where bits of each byte have been reversed
+ *
+ * See Chapter 7 "Hackers Delight"
+ */
+uint32_t osmo_revbytebits_32(uint32_t x)
+{
+	x = (x & 0x55555555) <<  1 | (x & 0xAAAAAAAA) >>  1;
+	x = (x & 0x33333333) <<  2 | (x & 0xCCCCCCCC) >>  2;
+	x = (x & 0x0F0F0F0F) <<  4 | (x & 0xF0F0F0F0) >>  4;
+
+	return x;
+}
+
+/*! \brief reverse the bit order in a byte
+ *  \param[in] x 8bit input value
+ *  \returns 8bit value where bits order has been reversed
+ *
+ * See Chapter 7 "Hackers Delight"
+ */
+uint32_t osmo_revbytebits_8(uint8_t x)
+{
+	x = (x & 0x55) <<  1 | (x & 0xAA) >>  1;
+	x = (x & 0x33) <<  2 | (x & 0xCC) >>  2;
+	x = (x & 0x0F) <<  4 | (x & 0xF0) >>  4;
+
+	return x;
+}
+
+/*! \brief reverse bit-order of each byte in a buffer
+ *  \param[in] buf buffer containing bytes to be bit-reversed
+ *  \param[in] len length of buffer in bytes
+ *
+ *  This function reverses the bits in each byte of the buffer
+ */
+void osmo_revbytebits_buf(uint8_t *buf, int len)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int unaligned_cnt;
+	int len_remain = len;
+
+	unaligned_cnt = ((unsigned long)buf & 3);
+	for (i = 0; i < unaligned_cnt; i++) {
+		buf[i] = osmo_revbytebits_8(buf[i]);
+		len_remain--;
+		if (len_remain <= 0)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	for (i = unaligned_cnt; i + 3 < len; i += 4) {
+		osmo_store32be(osmo_revbytebits_32(osmo_load32be(buf + i)), buf + i);
+		len_remain -= 4;
+	}
+
+	for (i = len - len_remain; i < len; i++) {
+		buf[i] = osmo_revbytebits_8(buf[i]);
+		len_remain--;
+	}
+}
+
+/*! @} */
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/source/msgb.c b/firmware/libosmocore/source/msgb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a27100c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/source/msgb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+/* (C) 2008 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * (C) 2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*! \addtogroup msgb
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file msgb.c
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/msgb.h>
+//#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
+//#include <openbsc/debug.h>
+
+void *tall_msgb_ctx = NULL;
+
+/*! \brief Allocate a new message buffer
+ * \param[in] size Length in octets, including headroom
+ * \param[in] name Human-readable name to be associated with msgb
+ * \returns dynamically-allocated \ref msgb
+ *
+ * This function allocates a 'struct msgb' as well as the underlying
+ * memory buffer for the actual message data (size specified by \a size)
+ * using the talloc memory context previously set by \ref msgb_set_talloc_ctx
+ */
+struct msgb *msgb_alloc(uint16_t size, const char *name)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg;
+
+	msg = _talloc_zero(tall_msgb_ctx, sizeof(*msg) + size, name);
+
+	if (!msg) {
+		//LOGP(DRSL, LOGL_FATAL, "unable to allocate msgb\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	msg->data_len = size;
+	msg->len = 0;
+	msg->data = msg->_data;
+	msg->head = msg->_data;
+	msg->tail = msg->_data;
+
+	return msg;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Release given message buffer
+ * \param[in] m Message buffer to be free'd
+ */
+void msgb_free(struct msgb *m)
+{
+	talloc_free(m);
+}
+
+/*! \brief Enqueue message buffer to tail of a queue
+ * \param[in] queue linked list header of queue
+ * \param[in] msg message buffer to be added to the queue
+ *
+ * The function will append the specified message buffer \a msg to the
+ * queue implemented by \ref llist_head \a queue
+ */
+void msgb_enqueue(struct llist_head *queue, struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	llist_add_tail(&msg->list, queue);
+}
+
+/*! \brief Dequeue message buffer from head of queue
+ * \param[in] queue linked list header of queue
+ * \returns message buffer (if any) or NULL if queue empty
+ *
+ * The function will remove the first message buffer from the queue
+ * implemented by \ref llist_head \a queue.
+ */
+struct msgb *msgb_dequeue(struct llist_head *queue)
+{
+	struct llist_head *lh;
+
+	if (llist_empty(queue))
+		return NULL;
+
+	lh = queue->next;
+
+	if (lh) {
+		llist_del(lh);
+		return llist_entry(lh, struct msgb, list);
+	} else
+		return NULL;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Re-set all message buffer pointers
+ *  \param[in] msg message buffer that is to be resetted
+ *
+ * This will re-set the various internal pointers into the underlying
+ * message buffer, i.e. remvoe all headroom and treat the msgb as
+ * completely empty.  It also initializes the control buffer to zero.
+ */
+void msgb_reset(struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	msg->len = 0;
+	msg->data = msg->_data;
+	msg->head = msg->_data;
+	msg->tail = msg->_data;
+
+	msg->trx = NULL;
+	msg->lchan = NULL;
+	msg->l2h = NULL;
+	msg->l3h = NULL;
+	msg->l4h = NULL;
+
+	memset(&msg->cb, 0, sizeof(msg->cb));
+}
+
+/*! \brief get pointer to data section of message buffer
+ *  \param[in] msg message buffer
+ *  \returns pointer to data section of message buffer
+ */
+uint8_t *msgb_data(const struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	return msg->data;
+}
+
+/*! \brief get length of message buffer
+ *  \param[in] msg message buffer
+ *  \returns length of data section in message buffer
+ */
+uint16_t msgb_length(const struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	return msg->len;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Set the talloc context for \ref msgb_alloc
+ * Deprecated, use msgb_talloc_ctx_init() instead.
+ *  \param[in] ctx talloc context to be used as root for msgb allocations
+ */
+void msgb_set_talloc_ctx(void *ctx)
+{
+	tall_msgb_ctx = ctx;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Initialize a msgb talloc context for \ref msgb_alloc.
+ * Create a talloc context called "msgb". If \a pool_size is 0, create a named
+ * const as msgb talloc context. If \a pool_size is nonzero, create a talloc
+ * pool, possibly for faster msgb allocations (see talloc_pool()).
+ *  \param[in] root_ctx talloc context used as parent for the new "msgb" ctx.
+ *  \param[in] pool_size if nonzero, create a talloc pool of this size.
+ *  \returns the new msgb talloc context, e.g. for reporting
+ */
+void *msgb_talloc_ctx_init(void *root_ctx, unsigned int pool_size)
+{
+	if (!pool_size)
+		tall_msgb_ctx = talloc_size(root_ctx, 0);
+	else
+		tall_msgb_ctx = talloc_pool(root_ctx, pool_size);
+	talloc_set_name_const(tall_msgb_ctx, "msgb");
+	return tall_msgb_ctx;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Copy an msgb.
+ *
+ *  This function allocates a new msgb, copies the data buffer of msg,
+ *  and adjusts the pointers (incl l1h-l4h) accordingly. The cb part
+ *  is not copied.
+ *  \param[in] msg  The old msgb object
+ *  \param[in] name Human-readable name to be associated with msgb
+ */
+struct msgb *msgb_copy(const struct msgb *msg, const char *name)
+{
+	struct msgb *new_msg;
+
+	new_msg = msgb_alloc(msg->data_len, name);
+	if (!new_msg)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* copy data */
+	memcpy(new_msg->_data, msg->_data, new_msg->data_len);
+
+	/* copy header */
+	new_msg->len = msg->len;
+	new_msg->data += msg->data - msg->_data;
+	new_msg->head += msg->head - msg->_data;
+	new_msg->tail += msg->tail - msg->_data;
+
+	if (msg->l1h)
+		new_msg->l1h = new_msg->_data + (msg->l1h - msg->_data);
+	if (msg->l2h)
+		new_msg->l2h = new_msg->_data + (msg->l2h - msg->_data);
+	if (msg->l3h)
+		new_msg->l3h = new_msg->_data + (msg->l3h - msg->_data);
+	if (msg->l4h)
+		new_msg->l4h = new_msg->_data + (msg->l4h - msg->_data);
+
+	return new_msg;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Resize an area within an msgb
+ *
+ *  This resizes a sub area of the msgb data and adjusts the pointers (incl
+ *  l1h-l4h) accordingly. The cb part is not updated. If the area is extended,
+ *  the contents of the extension is undefined. The complete sub area must be a
+ *  part of [data,tail].
+ *
+ *  \param[inout] msg       The msgb object
+ *  \param[in]    area      A pointer to the sub-area
+ *  \param[in]    old_size  The old size of the sub-area
+ *  \param[in]    new_size  The new size of the sub-area
+ *  \returns 0 on success, -1 if there is not enough space to extend the area
+ */
+int msgb_resize_area(struct msgb *msg, uint8_t *area,
+			    int old_size, int new_size)
+{
+	int rc;
+	uint8_t *post_start = area + old_size;
+	int pre_len = area - msg->data;
+	int post_len = msg->len - old_size - pre_len;
+	int delta_size = new_size - old_size;
+
+	if (old_size < 0 || new_size < 0)
+		MSGB_ABORT(msg, "Negative sizes are not allowed\n");
+	if (area < msg->data || post_start > msg->tail)
+		MSGB_ABORT(msg, "Sub area is not fully contained in the msg data\n");
+
+	if (delta_size == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (delta_size > 0) {
+		rc = msgb_trim(msg, msg->len + delta_size);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	memmove(area + new_size, area + old_size, post_len);
+
+	if (msg->l1h >= post_start)
+		msg->l1h += delta_size;
+	if (msg->l2h >= post_start)
+		msg->l2h += delta_size;
+	if (msg->l3h >= post_start)
+		msg->l3h += delta_size;
+	if (msg->l4h >= post_start)
+		msg->l4h += delta_size;
+
+	if (delta_size < 0)
+		msgb_trim(msg, msg->len + delta_size);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/*! \brief Return a (static) buffer containing a hexdump of the msg
+ * \param[in] msg message buffer
+ * \returns a pointer to a static char array
+ */
+const char *msgb_hexdump(const struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	static char buf[4100];
+	int buf_offs = 0;
+	int nchars;
+	const unsigned char *start = msg->data;
+	const unsigned char *lxhs[4];
+	int i;
+
+	lxhs[0] = msg->l1h;
+	lxhs[1] = msg->l2h;
+	lxhs[2] = msg->l3h;
+	lxhs[3] = msg->l4h;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lxhs); i++) {
+		if (!lxhs[i])
+			continue;
+
+		if (lxhs[i] < msg->head)
+			continue;
+		if (lxhs[i] > msg->head + msg->data_len)
+			continue;
+		if (lxhs[i] > msg->tail)
+			continue;
+		if (lxhs[i] < msg->data || lxhs[i] > msg->tail) {
+			nchars = snprintf(buf + buf_offs, sizeof(buf) - buf_offs,
+					  "(L%d=data%+" PRIdPTR ") ",
+					  i+1, lxhs[i] - msg->data);
+			buf_offs += nchars;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (lxhs[i] < start) {
+			nchars = snprintf(buf + buf_offs, sizeof(buf) - buf_offs,
+					  "(L%d%+" PRIdPTR ") ", i+1,
+					  start - lxhs[i]);
+			buf_offs += nchars;
+			continue;
+		}
+		nchars = snprintf(buf + buf_offs, sizeof(buf) - buf_offs,
+				  "%s[L%d]> ",
+				  osmo_hexdump(start, lxhs[i] - start),
+				  i+1);
+		if (nchars < 0 || nchars + buf_offs >= sizeof(buf))
+			return "ERROR";
+
+		buf_offs += nchars;
+		start = lxhs[i];
+	}
+	nchars = snprintf(buf + buf_offs, sizeof(buf) - buf_offs,
+			  "%s", osmo_hexdump(start, msg->tail - start));
+	if (nchars < 0 || nchars + buf_offs >= sizeof(buf))
+		return "ERROR";
+
+	buf_offs += nchars;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lxhs); i++) {
+		if (!lxhs[i])
+			continue;
+
+		if (lxhs[i] < msg->head || lxhs[i] > msg->head + msg->data_len) {
+			nchars = snprintf(buf + buf_offs, sizeof(buf) - buf_offs,
+					  "(L%d out of range) ", i+1);
+		} else if (lxhs[i] <= msg->data + msg->data_len &&
+			   lxhs[i] > msg->tail) {
+			nchars = snprintf(buf + buf_offs, sizeof(buf) - buf_offs,
+					  "(L%d=tail%+" PRIdPTR ") ",
+					  i+1, lxhs[i] - msg->tail);
+		} else
+			continue;
+
+		if (nchars < 0 || nchars + buf_offs >= sizeof(buf))
+			return "ERROR";
+		buf_offs += nchars;
+	}
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+/*! @} */
diff --git a/firmware/libosmocore/source/panic.c b/firmware/libosmocore/source/panic.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9368b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libosmocore/source/panic.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/* Panic handling */
+/*
+ * (C) 2010 by Sylvain Munaut <tnt@246tNt.com>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*! \addtogroup utils
+ *  @{
+ */
+
+/*! \file panic.c
+ *  \brief Routines for panic handling
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/panic.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/backtrace.h>
+
+//#include "../config.h"
+
+
+static osmo_panic_handler_t osmo_panic_handler = (void*)0;
+
+
+#ifndef PANIC_INFLOOP
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static void osmo_panic_default(const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
+	osmo_generate_backtrace();
+	assert(0);
+}
+
+#else
+
+static void osmo_panic_default(const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	while (1);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
+/*! \brief Terminate the current program with a panic
+ *
+ * You can call this function in case some severely unexpected situation
+ * is detected and the program is supposed to terminate in a way that
+ * reports the fact that it terminates.
+ *
+ * The application can register a panic handler function using \ref
+ * osmo_set_panic_handler.  If it doesn't, a default panic handler
+ * function is called automatically.
+ *
+ * The default function on most systems will generate a backtrace and
+ * then abort() the process.
+ */
+void osmo_panic(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+
+	if (osmo_panic_handler)
+		osmo_panic_handler(fmt, args);
+	else
+		osmo_panic_default(fmt, args);
+
+	va_end(args);
+}
+ 
+
+/*! \brief Set the panic handler
+ *  \param[in] h New panic handler function
+ *
+ *  This changes the panic handling function from the currently active
+ *  function to a new call-back function supplied by the caller.
+ */
+void osmo_set_panic_handler(osmo_panic_handler_t h)
+{
+	osmo_panic_handler = h;
+}
+
+/*! @} */