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+#ifndef WCHAR_H
+#define WCHAR_H
+
+FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_ONLY );
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef void mbstate_t;
+
+/**
+ * Convert wide character to multibyte sequence
+ *
+ * @v buf		Buffer
+ * @v wc		Wide character
+ * @v ps		Shift state
+ * @ret len		Number of characters written
+ *
+ * This is a stub implementation, sufficient to handle basic ASCII
+ * characters.
+ */
+static inline __attribute__ (( always_inline ))
+size_t wcrtomb ( char *buf, wchar_t wc, mbstate_t *ps __unused ) {
+	*buf = wc;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#endif /* WCHAR_H */