diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/cache.h b/headers/private/kernel/cache.h
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+/*
+	Copyright 1999-2001, Be Incorporated.   All Rights Reserved.
+	This file may be used under the terms of the Be Sample Code License.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _CACHE_H_
+#define _CACHE_H_
+
+#include <OS.h>
+
+#define ALLOW_WRITES  1
+#define NO_WRITES     0
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern int   init_block_cache(int max_blocks, int flags);
+extern void  shutdown_block_cache(void);
+
+extern void  force_cache_flush(int dev, int prefer_log_blocks);
+extern int   flush_blocks(int dev, off_t bnum, int nblocks);
+extern int   flush_device(int dev, int warn_locked);
+
+extern int   init_cache_for_device(int fd, off_t max_blocks);
+extern int   remove_cached_device_blocks(int dev, int allow_write);
+
+extern void *get_block(int dev, off_t bnum, int bsize);
+extern void *get_empty_block(int dev, off_t bnum, int bsize);
+extern int   release_block(int dev, off_t bnum);
+extern int   mark_blocks_dirty(int dev, off_t bnum, int nblocks);
+
+
+extern int  cached_read(int dev, off_t bnum, void *data, off_t num_blocks, int bsize);
+extern int  cached_write(int dev, off_t bnum, const void *data,
+				off_t num_blocks, int bsize);
+extern int  cached_write_locked(int dev, off_t bnum, const void *data,
+				off_t num_blocks, int bsize);
+extern int  set_blocks_info(int dev, off_t *blocks, int nblocks,
+				void (*func)(off_t bnum, size_t nblocks, void *arg),
+				void *arg);
+
+extern size_t read_phys_blocks(int fd, off_t bnum, void *data, uint num_blocks, int bsize);
+extern size_t write_phys_blocks(int fd, off_t bnum, void *data, uint num_blocks, int bsize);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _CACHE_H_ */