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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 BAREMETAL_TIMER_H
+#define BAREMETAL_TIMER_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#if defined (MPS3_PLATFORM)
+    #include "timer_mps3.h"
+    typedef mps3_time_counter   base_time_counter;
+#else /* defined (MPS3_PLATFORM) */
+    #include "timer_fvp.h"
+    typedef fvp_time_counter    base_time_counter;
+#endif  /* defined (MPS3_PLATFORM) */
+
+typedef struct bm_time_counter {
+    base_time_counter       counter;
+
+#if defined (ARM_NPU)
+    uint64_t                npu_total_ccnt;
+    uint32_t                npu_idle_ccnt;
+#endif /* ARM_NPU */
+
+} time_counter;
+
+#endif /* BAREMETAL_TIMER_H */