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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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 ANDROID_LOCAL_TIME_HAL_INTERFACE_H
+#define ANDROID_LOCAL_TIME_HAL_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <hardware/hardware.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/**
+ * The id of this module
+ */
+#define LOCAL_TIME_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID "local_time"
+
+/**
+ * Name of the local time devices to open
+ */
+#define LOCAL_TIME_HARDWARE_INTERFACE "local_time_hw_if"
+
+/**********************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * A structure used to collect low level sync data in a lab environment.  Most
+ * HAL implementations will never need this structure.
+ */
+struct local_time_debug_event {
+    int64_t local_timesync_event_id;
+    int64_t local_time;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Every hardware module must have a data structure named HAL_MODULE_INFO_SYM
+ * and the fields of this data structure must begin with hw_module_t
+ * followed by module specific information.
+ */
+struct local_time_module {
+    struct hw_module_t common;
+};
+
+struct local_time_hw_device {
+    struct hw_device_t common;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * Returns the current value of the system wide local time counter
+     */
+    int64_t (*get_local_time)(struct local_time_hw_device* dev);
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * Returns the nominal frequency (in hertz) of the system wide local time
+     * counter
+     */
+    uint64_t (*get_local_freq)(struct local_time_hw_device* dev);
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * Sets the HW slew rate of oscillator which drives the system wide local
+     * time counter.  On success, platforms should return 0.  Platforms which
+     * do not support HW slew should leave this method set to NULL.
+     *
+     * Valid values for rate range from MIN_INT16 to MAX_INT16.  Platform
+     * implementations should attempt map this range linearly to the min/max
+     * slew rate of their hardware.
+     */
+    int (*set_local_slew)(struct local_time_hw_device* dev, int16_t rate);
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * A method used to collect low level sync data in a lab environments.
+     * Most HAL implementations will simply set this member to NULL, or return
+     * -EINVAL to indicate that this functionality is not supported.
+     * Production HALs should never support this method.
+     */
+    int (*get_debug_log)(struct local_time_hw_device* dev,
+                         struct local_time_debug_event* records,
+                         int max_records);
+};
+
+typedef struct local_time_hw_device local_time_hw_device_t;
+
+/** convenience API for opening and closing a supported device */
+
+static inline int local_time_hw_device_open(
+        const struct hw_module_t* module,
+        struct local_time_hw_device** device)
+{
+    return module->methods->open(module, LOCAL_TIME_HARDWARE_INTERFACE,
+                                 (struct hw_device_t**)device);
+}
+
+static inline int local_time_hw_device_close(struct local_time_hw_device* device)
+{
+    return device->common.close(&device->common);
+}
+
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_LOCAL_TIME_INTERFACE_H