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+/** @file
+  Provides calibrated delay and performance counter services.
+
+Copyright (c) 2006 - 2011, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
+This program and the accompanying materials
+are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
+which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
+http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+
+THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
+
+**/
+
+#ifndef __TIMER_LIB__
+#define __TIMER_LIB__
+
+/**
+  Stalls the CPU for at least the given number of microseconds.
+
+  Stalls the CPU for the number of microseconds specified by MicroSeconds.
+
+  @param  MicroSeconds  The minimum number of microseconds to delay.
+
+  @return The value of MicroSeconds inputted.
+
+**/
+UINTN
+EFIAPI
+MicroSecondDelay (
+  IN      UINTN                     MicroSeconds
+  );
+
+/**
+  Stalls the CPU for at least the given number of nanoseconds.
+
+  Stalls the CPU for the number of nanoseconds specified by NanoSeconds.
+
+  @param  NanoSeconds The minimum number of nanoseconds to delay.
+
+  @return The value of NanoSeconds inputted.
+
+**/
+UINTN
+EFIAPI
+NanoSecondDelay (
+  IN      UINTN                     NanoSeconds
+  );
+
+/**
+  Retrieves the current value of a 64-bit free running performance counter.
+
+  The counter can either count up by 1 or count down by 1. If the physical
+  performance counter counts by a larger increment, then the counter values
+  must be translated. The properties of the counter can be retrieved from
+  GetPerformanceCounterProperties().
+
+  @return The current value of the free running performance counter.
+
+**/
+UINT64
+EFIAPI
+GetPerformanceCounter (
+  VOID
+  );
+
+/**
+  Retrieves the 64-bit frequency in Hz and the range of performance counter
+  values.
+
+  If StartValue is not NULL, then the value that the performance counter starts
+  with immediately after is it rolls over is returned in StartValue. If
+  EndValue is not NULL, then the value that the performance counter end with
+  immediately before it rolls over is returned in EndValue. The 64-bit
+  frequency of the performance counter in Hz is always returned. If StartValue
+  is less than EndValue, then the performance counter counts up. If StartValue
+  is greater than EndValue, then the performance counter counts down. For
+  example, a 64-bit free running counter that counts up would have a StartValue
+  of 0 and an EndValue of 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. A 24-bit free running counter
+  that counts down would have a StartValue of 0xFFFFFF and an EndValue of 0.
+
+  @param  StartValue  The value the performance counter starts with when it
+                      rolls over.
+  @param  EndValue    The value that the performance counter ends with before
+                      it rolls over.
+
+  @return The frequency in Hz.
+
+**/
+UINT64
+EFIAPI
+GetPerformanceCounterProperties (
+  OUT      UINT64                    *StartValue,  OPTIONAL
+  OUT      UINT64                    *EndValue     OPTIONAL
+  );
+
+/**
+  Converts elapsed ticks of performance counter to time in nanoseconds.
+
+  This function converts the elapsed ticks of running performance counter to
+  time value in unit of nanoseconds.
+
+  @param  Ticks     The number of elapsed ticks of running performance counter.
+
+  @return The elapsed time in nanoseconds.
+
+**/
+UINT64
+EFIAPI
+GetTimeInNanoSecond (
+  IN      UINT64                     Ticks
+  );
+
+#endif