diff --git a/src/rom/tftp_fill_inbuf.c b/src/rom/tftp_fill_inbuf.c
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+++ b/src/rom/tftp_fill_inbuf.c
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+#ifdef USE_TFTP
+
+#include <cpu/p5/io.h>
+#include <printk.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <subr.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <rom/fill_inbuf.h>
+
+#ifndef DOC_KERNEL_START
+#define DOC_KERNEL_START 65536
+#endif
+
+static unsigned char *nvram;
+static int block_count;
+static int firstfill = 1;
+
+static void memcpy_from_doc_mil(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);
+static unsigned char *doc_mil = (unsigned char *) 0xffffe000;
+#ifdef CHECK_DOC_MIL
+static unsigned char *checkbuf;
+#endif /* CHECK_DOC_MIL */
+
+static unsigned char *ram;
+#define K64 (64 * 1024)
+
+
+int fill_inbuf(void)
+{
+	extern unsigned char *inbuf;
+	extern unsigned int insize;
+	extern unsigned int inptr;
+
+	int rc;
+	static keof;
+
+	if(keof)
+		return(-1);
+
+	if(firstfill) {	
+		tftp_init("vmlinux");
+		block_count = 0;
+		firstfill = 0;
+		inbuf = ram = malloc(512);
+		keof=0;
+	}
+
+	rc = tftp_fetchone(ram);
+	insize = rc;
+	inptr = 1;
+	return inbuf[0];
+}
+
+#endif	// USE_TFTP