extern void num_to_bytebits(uint64_t n, size_t len, uint8_t *dest);
extern void num_to_bytebitsLSBF(uint64_t n, size_t len, uint8_t *dest);
extern char *printBits(size_t const size, void const * const ptr);
+extern uint32_t SwapBits(uint32_t value, int nrbits);
extern uint8_t *SwapEndian64(const uint8_t *src, const size_t len, const uint8_t blockSize);
extern void SwapEndian64ex(const uint8_t *src, const size_t len, const uint8_t blockSize, uint8_t *dest);
+extern int param_getlength(const char *line, int paramnum);
extern char param_getchar(const char *line, int paramnum);
+extern char param_getchar_indx(const char *line, int indx, int paramnum);
extern int param_getptr(const char *line, int *bg, int *en, int paramnum);
extern uint8_t param_get8(const char *line, int paramnum);
extern uint8_t param_get8ex(const char *line, int paramnum, int deflt, int base);
extern uint8_t param_isdec(const char *line, int paramnum);
extern int param_gethex(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t * data, int hexcnt);
extern int param_gethex_ex(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t * data, int *hexcnt);
-extern int param_getstr(const char *line, int paramnum, char * str);
+extern int param_gethex_to_eol(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t * data, int maxdatalen, int *datalen);
+extern int param_getstr(const char *line, int paramnum, char * str, size_t buffersize);
extern int hextobinarray( char *target, char *source);
extern int hextobinstring( char *target, char *source);
extern void rol(uint8_t *data, const size_t len);
extern void clean_ascii(unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
+void strcleanrn(char *buf, size_t len);
+void strcreplace(char *buf, size_t len, char from, char to);
+char *strmcopy(char *buf);
-// timer functions/macros
-#ifdef _WIN32
-# include <windows.h>
-# define sleep(n) Sleep(1000 *(n))
-# define msleep(n) Sleep((n))
-#else
-extern void msleep(uint32_t n); // sleep n milliseconds
-#endif // _WIN32
-
-extern uint64_t msclock(); // a milliseconds clock
+extern int num_CPUs(void); // number of logical CPUs
#endif // UTIL_H__