diff --git a/openbsc/src/socket.c b/openbsc/src/socket.c
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+/* OpenBSC sokcet code, taken from Abis input driver for ip.access */
+
+/* (C) 2009 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * (C) 2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+ * (C) 2010 by On-Waves
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include <osmocore/select.h>
+#include <osmocore/tlv.h>
+#include <osmocore/msgb.h>
+#include <openbsc/debug.h>
+#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <osmocore/talloc.h>
+
+int make_sock(struct bsc_fd *bfd, int proto, u_int16_t port,
+	      int (*cb)(struct bsc_fd *fd, unsigned int what))
+{
+	struct sockaddr_in addr;
+	int ret, on = 1;
+	int type = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+	if (proto == IPPROTO_UDP)
+		type = SOCK_DGRAM;
+
+	bfd->fd = socket(AF_INET, type, proto);
+	bfd->cb = cb;
+	bfd->when = BSC_FD_READ;
+	//bfd->data = line;
+
+	if (bfd->fd < 0) {
+		LOGP(DINP, LOGL_ERROR, "could not create TCP socket.\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+	addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+
+	setsockopt(bfd->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on));
+
+	ret = bind(bfd->fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		LOGP(DINP, LOGL_ERROR, "could not bind l2 socket %s\n",
+			strerror(errno));
+		close(bfd->fd);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
+		ret = listen(bfd->fd, 1);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			perror("listen");
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = bsc_register_fd(bfd);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		perror("register_listen_fd");
+		close(bfd->fd);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}