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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.
+ */
+#include "timer_mps3.h"
+
+#include "log_macros.h"
+#include "device_mps3.h"
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+void timer_reset(void)
+{
+    MPS3_FPGAIO->CLK1HZ   = 0;
+    MPS3_FPGAIO->CLK100HZ = 0;
+    MPS3_FPGAIO->COUNTER  = 0;
+
+    if (0 != Init_SysTick()) {
+        printf_err("Failed to initialise system tick config\n");
+    }
+    debug("system tick config ready\n");
+}
+
+base_time_counter get_time_counter(void)
+{
+    base_time_counter t = {
+        .counter_1Hz        = MPS3_FPGAIO->CLK1HZ,
+        .counter_100Hz      = MPS3_FPGAIO->CLK100HZ,
+        .counter_fpga       = MPS3_FPGAIO->COUNTER,
+        .counter_systick    = Get_SysTick_Cycle_Count()
+    };
+    debug("Timestamp:\n");
+    debug("\tCounter 1 Hz:   %" PRIu32 "\n", t.counter_1Hz);
+    debug("\tCounter 100 Hz: %" PRIu32 "\n", t.counter_100Hz);
+    debug("\tCounter FPGA:   %" PRIu32 "\n", t.counter_fpga);
+    debug("\tCounter CPU:    %" PRIu64 "\n", t.counter_systick);
+    return t;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Please note, that there are no checks for overflow in this function => if
+ * the time elapsed has been big (in days) this could happen and is currently
+ * not handled.
+ **/
+uint32_t get_duration_milliseconds(base_time_counter *start,
+                                   base_time_counter *end)
+{
+    uint32_t time_elapsed = 0;
+    if (end->counter_100Hz > start->counter_100Hz) {
+        time_elapsed = (end->counter_100Hz - start->counter_100Hz) * 10;
+    } else {
+        time_elapsed = (end->counter_1Hz - start->counter_1Hz) * 1000 +
+            ((0xFFFFFFFF - start->counter_100Hz) + end->counter_100Hz + 1) * 10;
+    }
+
+    /* If the time elapsed is less than 100ms, use microseconds count to be
+     * more precise */
+    if (time_elapsed < 100) {
+        debug("Using the microsecond function instead..\n");
+        return get_duration_microseconds(start, end)/1000;
+    }
+
+    return time_elapsed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Like the microsecond counterpart, this function could return wrong results when
+ * the counter (MAINCLK) overflows. There are no overflow counters available.
+ **/
+uint32_t get_duration_microseconds(base_time_counter *start,
+                                   base_time_counter *end)
+{
+    const int divisor = GetMPS3CoreClock()/1000000;
+    uint32_t time_elapsed = 0;
+    if (end->counter_fpga > start->counter_fpga) {
+        time_elapsed = (end->counter_fpga - start->counter_fpga)/divisor;
+    } else {
+        time_elapsed = ((0xFFFFFFFF - end->counter_fpga)
+            + start->counter_fpga + 1)/divisor;
+    }
+    return time_elapsed;
+}
+
+uint64_t get_cycle_count_diff(base_time_counter *start,
+                              base_time_counter *end)
+{
+    if (start->counter_systick > end->counter_systick) {
+        warn("start > end; counter might have overflown\n");
+    }
+    return end->counter_systick - start->counter_systick;
+}
+
+void start_cycle_counter(void)
+{
+    /* Nothing to do for FPGA */
+}
+
+void stop_cycle_counter(void)
+{
+    /* Nothing to do for FPGA */
+}