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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.
+ */
+#ifndef ETHOS_U_TA_INIT_H
+#define ETHOS_U_TA_INIT_H
+
+#if defined(ARM_NPU) && defined(TIMING_ADAPTER_AVAILABLE)
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Initialises the Arm Ethos-U NPU timing adapter
+ * @return  0 if successful, error code otherwise
+ **/
+int arm_ethosu_timing_adapter_init(void);
+
+#endif /* ARM_NPU && TIMING_ADAPTER_AVAILABLE */
+
+#endif /* ETHOS_U_TA_INIT_H */