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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef HAL_CONFIG_H
+#define HAL_CONFIG_H
+
+/* This header provides some basic configuration for HAL */
+
+/* Platform definitions for the systems we expect to support */
+#define PLATFORM_CORTEX_M_BAREMETAL 1U
+#define PLATFORM_UNKNOWN_LINUX_OS   3U
+
+/* This should come from compile time definition */
+#ifndef PLATFORM_HAL
+    #define PLATFORM_HAL    PLATFORM_UNKNOWN_LINUX_OS    /* Default platform */
+#endif /* PLATFORM_HAL */
+
+#if ((PLATFORM_HAL) == PLATFORM_CORTEX_M_BAREMETAL)
+    #include "bsp.h"
+#endif
+
+#if !defined (DESIGN_NAME)
+    #define DESIGN_NAME   ("N/A")
+#endif /* !defined (DESIGN_NAME) */
+
+#endif /* HAL_CONFIG_H */