/*
 * Copyright (c) 2010, Stefan Lankes, RWTH Aachen University
 * All rights reserved.
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/** 
 * @author Stefan Lankes
 * @file include/eduos/time.h
 * @brief Time related functions
 */

#ifndef __TIME_H__
#define __TIME_H__

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/** @brief Initialize Timer interrupts 
 *
 * This procedure installs IRQ handlers for timer interrupts
 */
int timer_init(void);

/** @brief Returns the current number of ticks.
 * @return Current number of ticks
 */
uint64_t get_clock_tick(void);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif