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+/*
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+
+/**
+ * int_sqrt - rough approximation to sqrt
+ * @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
+ *
+ * A very rough approximation to the sqrt() function.
+ */
+unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
+{
+	unsigned long b, m, y = 0;
+
+	if (x <= 1)
+		return x;
+
+	m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2);
+	while (m != 0) {
+		b = y + m;
+		y >>= 1;
+
+		if (x >= b) {
+			x -= b;
+			y += m;
+		}
+		m >>= 2;
+	}
+
+	return y;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(int_sqrt);