+void wiegand_add_parity(uint8_t *target, uint8_t *source, uint8_t length)
+{
+ *(target++)= GetParity(source, EVEN, length / 2);
+ memcpy(target, source, length);
+ target += length;
+ *(target)= GetParity(source + length / 2, ODD, length / 2);
+}
+
+// xor two arrays together for len items. The dst array contains the new xored values.
+void xor(unsigned char *dst, unsigned char *src, size_t len) {
+ for( ; len > 0; len--,dst++,src++)
+ *dst ^= *src;
+}
+
+// RotateLeft - Ultralight, Desfire, works on byte level
+// 00-01-02 >> 01-02-00
+void rol(uint8_t *data, const size_t len){
+ uint8_t first = data[0];
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < len-1; i++) {
+ data[i] = data[i+1];
+ }
+ data[len-1] = first;
+}
+
+
+// Replace unprintable characters with a dot in char buffer
+void clean_ascii(unsigned char *buf, size_t len) {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+ if (!isprint(buf[i]))
+ buf[i] = '.';
+ }
+}
+
+// replace \r \n to \0
+void strcleanrn(char *buf, size_t len) {
+ strcreplace(buf, len, '\n', '\0');
+ strcreplace(buf, len, '\r', '\0');
+}
+
+// replace char in buffer
+void strcreplace(char *buf, size_t len, char from, char to) {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+ if (buf[i] == from)
+ buf[i] = to;
+ }
+}
+
+char *strmcopy(char *buf) {
+ char * str = NULL;
+ if ((str = (char*) malloc(strlen(buf) + 1)) != NULL) {
+ memset(str, 0, strlen(buf) + 1);
+ strcpy(str, buf);
+ }
+ return str;
+}
+
+
+// determine number of logical CPU cores (use for multithreaded functions)
+extern int num_CPUs(void)