import ans1helpers.[ch] (originally part of osmo-iuh)
diff --git a/include/asn1c/Makefile.am b/include/asn1c/Makefile.am
index 899ad78..0e56b05 100644
--- a/include/asn1c/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/asn1c/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 asn1cdir = $(includedir)/asn1c
 
-asn1c_HEADERS = ANY.h asn_application.h asn_codecs.h asn_codecs_prim.h asn_internal.h asn_SEQUENCE_OF.h asn_SET_OF.h asn_system.h ber_decoder.h ber_tlv_length.h ber_tlv_tag.h BIT_STRING.h BMPString.h BOOLEAN.h constraints.h constr_CHOICE.h constr_SEQUENCE.h constr_SEQUENCE_OF.h constr_SET.h constr_SET_OF.h constr_TYPE.h der_encoder.h ENUMERATED.h GeneralizedTime.h GeneralString.h GraphicString.h IA5String.h INTEGER.h ISO646String.h NativeEnumerated.h NativeInteger.h NativeReal.h NULL.h NumericString.h ObjectDescriptor.h OBJECT_IDENTIFIER.h OCTET_STRING.h per_decoder.h per_encoder.h per_support.h PrintableString.h REAL.h RELATIVE-OID.h T61String.h TeletexString.h UniversalString.h UTCTime.h UTF8String.h VideotexString.h VisibleString.h xer_decoder.h xer_encoder.h xer_support.h per_opentype.h
+asn1c_HEADERS = ANY.h asn_application.h asn_codecs.h asn_codecs_prim.h asn_internal.h asn_SEQUENCE_OF.h asn_SET_OF.h asn_system.h ber_decoder.h ber_tlv_length.h ber_tlv_tag.h BIT_STRING.h BMPString.h BOOLEAN.h constraints.h constr_CHOICE.h constr_SEQUENCE.h constr_SEQUENCE_OF.h constr_SET.h constr_SET_OF.h constr_TYPE.h der_encoder.h ENUMERATED.h GeneralizedTime.h GeneralString.h GraphicString.h IA5String.h INTEGER.h ISO646String.h NativeEnumerated.h NativeInteger.h NativeReal.h NULL.h NumericString.h ObjectDescriptor.h OBJECT_IDENTIFIER.h OCTET_STRING.h per_decoder.h per_encoder.h per_support.h PrintableString.h REAL.h RELATIVE-OID.h T61String.h TeletexString.h UniversalString.h UTCTime.h UTF8String.h VideotexString.h VisibleString.h xer_decoder.h xer_encoder.h xer_support.h per_opentype.h asn1helpers.h
diff --git a/include/asn1c/asn1helpers.h b/include/asn1c/asn1helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..007f207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asn1c/asn1helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "asn_system.h"
+#include "BIT_STRING.h"
+#include "OCTET_STRING.h"
+
+void asn1_u32_to_bitstring(BIT_STRING_t *bitstr, uint32_t *buf, uint32_t in);
+void asn1_u28_to_bitstring(BIT_STRING_t *bitstr, uint32_t *buf, uint32_t in);
+void asn1_u24_to_bitstring(BIT_STRING_t *bitstr, uint32_t *buf, uint32_t in);
+int BIT_STRING_fromBuf(BIT_STRING_t *st, const uint8_t *str, unsigned int bit_len);
+void asn1_u16_to_str(OCTET_STRING_t *str, uint16_t *buf, uint16_t in);
+void asn1_u8_to_str(OCTET_STRING_t *str, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t in);
+int asn1_strncpy(char *out, const OCTET_STRING_t *in, size_t n);
+uint16_t asn1str_to_u16(const OCTET_STRING_t *in);
+uint8_t asn1str_to_u8(const OCTET_STRING_t *in);
+uint32_t asn1bitstr_to_u32(const BIT_STRING_t *in);
+uint32_t asn1bitstr_to_u28(const BIT_STRING_t *in);
+uint32_t asn1bitstr_to_u24(const BIT_STRING_t *in);
+
+static inline void OCTET_STRING_noalloc(OCTET_STRING_t *s, const uint8_t *str, int size)
+{
+	s->buf = str;
+	s->size = size;
+}
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 8004b37..120d29b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libasn1c.la
 
 libasn1c_la_LDFLAGS = $(LIBOSMOCORE_LIBS)
-libasn1c_la_SOURCES = ANY.c              constraints.c         GeneralizedTime.c   NumericString.c      T61String.c asn_codecs_prim.c  constr_CHOICE.c       GeneralString.c     ObjectDescriptor.c   TeletexString.c asn_SEQUENCE_OF.c  constr_SEQUENCE.c     GraphicString.c     OBJECT_IDENTIFIER.c  UniversalString.c asn_SET_OF.c       constr_SEQUENCE_OF.c  IA5String.c         OCTET_STRING.c       UTCTime.c ber_decoder.c      constr_SET.c          INTEGER.c           per_decoder.c        UTF8String.c ber_tlv_length.c   constr_SET_OF.c       ISO646String.c      per_encoder.c        VideotexString.c ber_tlv_tag.c      constr_TYPE.c         NativeEnumerated.c  per_support.c        VisibleString.c BIT_STRING.c       NativeInteger.c     PrintableString.c    xer_decoder.c BMPString.c        der_encoder.c         NativeReal.c        REAL.c               xer_encoder.c BOOLEAN.c          ENUMERATED.c          NULL.c              RELATIVE-OID.c       xer_support.c	per_opentype.c
+libasn1c_la_SOURCES = ANY.c              constraints.c         GeneralizedTime.c   NumericString.c      T61String.c asn_codecs_prim.c  constr_CHOICE.c       GeneralString.c     ObjectDescriptor.c   TeletexString.c asn_SEQUENCE_OF.c  constr_SEQUENCE.c     GraphicString.c     OBJECT_IDENTIFIER.c  UniversalString.c asn_SET_OF.c       constr_SEQUENCE_OF.c  IA5String.c         OCTET_STRING.c       UTCTime.c ber_decoder.c      constr_SET.c          INTEGER.c           per_decoder.c        UTF8String.c ber_tlv_length.c   constr_SET_OF.c       ISO646String.c      per_encoder.c        VideotexString.c ber_tlv_tag.c      constr_TYPE.c         NativeEnumerated.c  per_support.c        VisibleString.c BIT_STRING.c       NativeInteger.c     PrintableString.c    xer_decoder.c BMPString.c        der_encoder.c         NativeReal.c        REAL.c               xer_encoder.c BOOLEAN.c          ENUMERATED.c          NULL.c              RELATIVE-OID.c       xer_support.c	per_opentype.c        asn1helpers.c
 
diff --git a/src/asn1helpers.c b/src/asn1helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25f4af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/asn1helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/* helper functions to dela with asn1c data types */
+
+/* (C) 2014-2015 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+
+#include "asn1helpers.h"
+#include "asn_internal.h"
+
+void asn1_u32_to_bitstring(BIT_STRING_t *bitstr, uint32_t *buf, uint32_t in)
+{
+	*buf = htonl(in);
+	bitstr->buf = (uint8_t *) buf;
+	bitstr->size = sizeof(uint32_t);
+	bitstr->bits_unused = 0;
+}
+
+void asn1_u28_to_bitstring(BIT_STRING_t *bitstr, uint32_t *buf, uint32_t in)
+{
+	*buf = htonl(in<<4);
+	bitstr->buf = (uint8_t *) buf;
+	bitstr->size = sizeof(uint32_t);
+	bitstr->bits_unused = 4;
+}
+
+void asn1_u24_to_bitstring(BIT_STRING_t *bitstr, uint32_t *buf, uint32_t in)
+{
+	*buf = htonl(in<<8);
+	bitstr->buf = (uint8_t *) buf;
+	bitstr->size = 24/8;
+	bitstr->bits_unused = 0;
+}
+
+int BIT_STRING_fromBuf(BIT_STRING_t *st, const uint8_t *str, unsigned int bit_len)
+{
+	void *buf;
+	unsigned int len = bit_len / 8;
+
+	if (bit_len % 8)
+		len++;
+
+	if (!st || (!str && len)) {
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!str) {
+		FREEMEM(st->buf);
+		st->buf = 0;
+		st->size = 0;
+		st->bits_unused = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (len < 0)
+		len = strlen(str);
+
+	buf = MALLOC(len);
+	if (!buf) {
+		errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(buf, str, len);
+	FREEMEM(st->buf);
+	st->buf = buf;
+	st->size = len;
+	st->bits_unused = (len * 8) - bit_len;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void asn1_u16_to_str(OCTET_STRING_t *str, uint16_t *buf, uint16_t in)
+{
+	*buf = htons(in);
+	str->buf = (uint8_t *) buf;
+	str->size = sizeof(uint16_t);
+}
+
+void asn1_u8_to_str(OCTET_STRING_t *str, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t in)
+{
+	*buf = in;
+	str->buf = buf;
+	str->size = sizeof(uint8_t);
+}
+
+int asn1_strncpy(char *out, const OCTET_STRING_t *in, size_t n)
+{
+	size_t cpylen = n-1;
+
+	if (in->size < cpylen)
+		cpylen = in->size;
+
+	strncpy(out, (char *)in->buf, cpylen);
+	out[cpylen] = '\0';
+
+	return cpylen;
+}
+
+uint16_t asn1str_to_u16(const OCTET_STRING_t *in)
+{
+	OSMO_ASSERT(in && in->size == sizeof(uint16_t));
+	return ntohs(*(uint16_t *)in->buf);
+}
+
+uint8_t asn1str_to_u8(const OCTET_STRING_t *in)
+{
+	OSMO_ASSERT(in && in->size == sizeof(uint8_t));
+	return *(uint8_t *)in->buf;
+}
+
+uint32_t asn1bitstr_to_u32(const BIT_STRING_t *in)
+{
+	OSMO_ASSERT(in && in->size == sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+	return ntohl(*(uint32_t *)in->buf);
+}
+
+uint32_t asn1bitstr_to_u28(const BIT_STRING_t *in)
+{
+	OSMO_ASSERT(in && in->size == sizeof(uint32_t) && in->bits_unused == 4);
+
+	return ntohl(*(uint32_t *)in->buf) >> 4;
+}
+
+uint32_t asn1bitstr_to_u24(const BIT_STRING_t *in)
+{
+	OSMO_ASSERT(in && in->size == 3);
+
+	return ntohl(*(uint32_t *)in->buf) >> 8;
+}