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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2016-2019 The University of Notre Dame
+This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+See the file LICENSE for details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef BITMAP_H
+#define BITMAP_H
+
+#include "kernel/types.h"
+
+struct bitmap *bitmap_create_root();
+
+struct bitmap *bitmap_create(int width, int height, int format);
+void bitmap_delete(struct bitmap *b);
+
+struct bitmap {
+	uint32_t width;
+	uint32_t height;
+	uint32_t format;
+	uint8_t *data;
+};
+
+#define BITMAP_FORMAT_RGB      0
+#define BITMAP_FORMAT_RGBA     1
+
+#endif