diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6210b0b7e67a..5080d0c01811 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bf6aede712334d7338d5c47a5ee5ba3883c82a61
+refs/heads/master: 06c421ee0d5af95c8c6749ca0ba620cd5010707f
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/memory.h b/trunk/include/linux/memory.h
index 3fdc10806d31..42767d1a62e7 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/memory.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/memory.h
@@ -99,4 +99,15 @@ enum mem_add_context { BOOT, HOTPLUG };
 #define hotplug_memory_notifier(fn, pri) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * 'struct memory_accessor' is a generic interface to provide
+ * in-kernel access to persistent memory such as i2c or SPI EEPROMs
+ */
+struct memory_accessor {
+	ssize_t (*read)(struct memory_accessor *, char *buf, off_t offset,
+			size_t count);
+	ssize_t (*write)(struct memory_accessor *, const char *buf,
+			 off_t offset, size_t count);
+};
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_MEMORY_H_ */