diff --git a/libasm/disasm_begin.c b/libasm/disasm_begin.c
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+/* Create context descriptor for disassembler.
+   Copyright (C) 2005, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2005.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * 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
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils 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 copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "libasmP.h"
+#include "../libebl/libeblP.h"
+
+
+DisasmCtx_t *
+disasm_begin (Ebl *ebl, Elf *elf, DisasmGetSymCB_t symcb)
+{
+  if (ebl == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if (ebl->disasm == NULL)
+    {
+      __libasm_seterrno (ASM_E_ENOSUP);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  DisasmCtx_t *ctx = (DisasmCtx_t *) malloc (sizeof (DisasmCtx_t));
+  if (ctx == NULL)
+    {
+      __libasm_seterrno (ASM_E_NOMEM);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  ctx->ebl = ebl;
+  ctx->elf = elf;
+  ctx->symcb = symcb;
+
+  return ctx;
+}