diff --git a/pimd/pim_msg.c b/pimd/pim_msg.c
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+/*
+  PIM for Quagga
+  Copyright (C) 2008  Everton da Silva Marques
+
+  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; see the file COPYING; if not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+  MA 02110-1301 USA
+  
+  $QuaggaId: $Format:%an, %ai, %h$ $
+*/
+
+#include <zebra.h>
+
+#include "pimd.h"
+#include "pim_pim.h"
+#include "pim_msg.h"
+#include "pim_util.h"
+
+void pim_msg_build_header(char *pim_msg, int pim_msg_size,
+			  uint8_t pim_msg_type)
+{
+  uint16_t checksum;
+
+  zassert(pim_msg_size >= PIM_PIM_MIN_LEN);
+
+  /*
+   * Write header
+   */
+
+  *(uint8_t *) PIM_MSG_HDR_OFFSET_VERSION(pim_msg) = (PIM_PROTO_VERSION << 4) | pim_msg_type;
+  *(uint8_t *) PIM_MSG_HDR_OFFSET_RESERVED(pim_msg) = 0;
+
+  /*
+   * Compute checksum
+   */
+
+  *(uint16_t *) PIM_MSG_HDR_OFFSET_CHECKSUM(pim_msg) = 0;
+  checksum = pim_inet_checksum(pim_msg, pim_msg_size);
+  *(uint16_t *) PIM_MSG_HDR_OFFSET_CHECKSUM(pim_msg) = checksum;
+}
+
+char *pim_msg_addr_encode_ipv4_ucast(char *buf,
+				     int buf_size,
+				     struct in_addr addr)
+{
+  const int ENCODED_IPV4_UCAST_SIZE = 6;
+
+  if (buf_size < ENCODED_IPV4_UCAST_SIZE) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  buf[0] = PIM_MSG_ADDRESS_FAMILY_IPV4; /* addr family */
+  buf[1] = '\0';    /* native encoding */
+  *(struct in_addr *)(buf + 2) = addr;
+
+  return buf + ENCODED_IPV4_UCAST_SIZE;
+}
+
+char *pim_msg_addr_encode_ipv4_group(char *buf,
+				     int buf_size,
+				     struct in_addr addr)
+{
+  const int ENCODED_IPV4_GROUP_SIZE = 8;
+
+  if (buf_size < ENCODED_IPV4_GROUP_SIZE) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  buf[0] = PIM_MSG_ADDRESS_FAMILY_IPV4; /* addr family */
+  buf[1] = '\0';    /* native encoding */
+  buf[2] = '\0';    /* reserved */
+  buf[3] = 32;      /* mask len */
+  *(struct in_addr *)(buf + 4) = addr;
+
+  return buf + ENCODED_IPV4_GROUP_SIZE;
+}
+
+char *pim_msg_addr_encode_ipv4_source(char *buf,
+				      int buf_size,
+				      struct in_addr addr)
+{
+  const int ENCODED_IPV4_SOURCE_SIZE = 8;
+
+  if (buf_size < ENCODED_IPV4_SOURCE_SIZE) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  buf[0] = PIM_MSG_ADDRESS_FAMILY_IPV4; /* addr family */
+  buf[1] = '\0';    /* native encoding */
+  buf[2] = '\0';    /* reserved */
+  buf[3] = 32;      /* mask len */
+  *(struct in_addr *)(buf + 4) = addr;
+
+  return buf + ENCODED_IPV4_SOURCE_SIZE;
+}