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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 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.h"
+#include "log_macros.h"
+#include "platform_drivers.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief       Initialiser for HAL timer.
+ * @param[in]   timer  Platform timer to initialize.
+ **/
+void init_timer(platform_timer* timer)
+{
+    assert(timer);
+    memset(timer, 0, sizeof(*timer));
+
+    timer->reset = platform_reset_counters;
+    timer->get_counters = platform_get_counters;
+
+    timer->reset();
+    timer->inited = 1;
+}