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diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/sysmem.h b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/sysmem.h
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+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/sysmem.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ *
+ *	Virtual memory framebuffer access for drawing routines
+ *
+ *	Copyright (C) 2025 Zsolt Kajtar (soci@c64.rulez.org)
+ */
+
+/* keeps track of a bit address in framebuffer memory */
+struct fb_address {
+	void *address;
+	int bits;
+};
+
+/* initialize the bit address pointer to the beginning of the frame buffer */
+static inline struct fb_address fb_address_init(struct fb_info *p)
+{
+	void *base = p->screen_buffer;
+	struct fb_address ptr;
+
+	ptr.address = PTR_ALIGN_DOWN(base, BITS_PER_LONG / BITS_PER_BYTE);
+	ptr.bits = (base - ptr.address) * BITS_PER_BYTE;
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+/* framebuffer write access */
+static inline void fb_write_offset(unsigned long val, int offset, const struct fb_address *dst)
+{
+	unsigned long *mem = dst->address;
+
+	mem[offset] = val;
+}
+
+/* framebuffer read access */
+static inline unsigned long fb_read_offset(int offset, const struct fb_address *src)
+{
+	unsigned long *mem = src->address;
+
+	return mem[offset];
+}