--- libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2012/08/07 11:00:00	1.24.2.1
+++ libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2012/08/08 16:01:16	1.24.2.2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *  by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>
 *
 * $Author: misho $
-* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.24.2.1 2012/08/07 11:00:00 misho Exp $
+* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.24.2.2 2012/08/08 16:01:16 misho Exp $
 *
 **************************************************************************
 The ELWIX and AITNET software is distributed under the following
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ typedef struct {
 #define AIT_INIT_VAL2(_vl, _t)		do { \
 						AIT_INIT_VAL((_vl)); \
 						(_vl)->val_type = _t; \
+					} while (0)
+#define AIT_SET_LIKE(_vl, _t, _l, _v)	do { assert((_vl)); \
+						AIT_INIT_VAL2((_vl), _t); \
+						AIT_LEN((_vl)) = _l; AIT_IN((_vl)) = 1; \
+						AIT_RAW((_vl)) = (uint64_t) (_v); \
 					} while (0)
 					/* if attribute zeroCopy is set not execute io_free() */
 #define AIT_FREE_VAL(_vl)		do { ait_val_t *__val = (_vl); assert(__val); \