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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * Userspace ABI for Counter character devices
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 William Breathitt Gray
+ */
+#ifndef _UAPI_COUNTER_H_
+#define _UAPI_COUNTER_H_
+
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* Component type definitions */
+enum counter_component_type {
+ COUNTER_COMPONENT_NONE,
+ COUNTER_COMPONENT_SIGNAL,
+ COUNTER_COMPONENT_COUNT,
+ COUNTER_COMPONENT_FUNCTION,
+ COUNTER_COMPONENT_SYNAPSE_ACTION,
+ COUNTER_COMPONENT_EXTENSION,
+};
+
+/* Component scope definitions */
+enum counter_scope {
+ COUNTER_SCOPE_DEVICE,
+ COUNTER_SCOPE_SIGNAL,
+ COUNTER_SCOPE_COUNT,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct counter_component - Counter component identification
+ * @type: component type (Count, extension, etc.)
+ * @scope: component scope (Device, Count, or Signal)
+ * @parent: parent component identification number
+ * @id: component identification number
+ */
+struct counter_component {
+ __u8 type;
+ __u8 scope;
+ __u8 parent;
+ __u8 id;
+};
+
+/* Event type definitions */
+enum counter_event_type {
+ COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW,
+ COUNTER_EVENT_UNDERFLOW,
+ COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW_UNDERFLOW,
+ COUNTER_EVENT_THRESHOLD,
+ COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct counter_watch - Counter component watch configuration
+ * @component: component to watch when event triggers
+ * @event: event that triggers
+ * @channel: event channel
+ */
+struct counter_watch {
+ struct counter_component component;
+ __u8 event;
+ __u8 channel;
+};
+
+/* ioctl commands */
+#define COUNTER_CLEAR_WATCHES_IOCTL _IO(0x3E, 0x00)
+#define COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL _IOW(0x3E, 0x01, struct counter_watch)
+#define COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL _IO(0x3E, 0x02)
+
+/**
+ * struct counter_event - Counter event data
+ * @timestamp: best estimate of time of event occurrence, in nanoseconds
+ * @value: component value
+ * @watch: component watch configuration
+ * @errno: system error number
+ */
+struct counter_event {
+ __aligned_u64 timestamp;
+ __aligned_u64 value;
+ struct counter_watch watch;
+ __u8 errno;
+};
+
+/* Count direction values */
+enum counter_count_direction {
+ COUNTER_COUNT_DIRECTION_FORWARD,
+ COUNTER_COUNT_DIRECTION_BACKWARD,
+};
+
+/* Count mode values */
+enum counter_count_mode {
+ COUNTER_COUNT_MODE_NORMAL,
+ COUNTER_COUNT_MODE_RANGE_LIMIT,
+ COUNTER_COUNT_MODE_NON_RECYCLE,
+ COUNTER_COUNT_MODE_MODULO_N,
+};
+
+/* Count function values */
+enum counter_function {
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_INCREASE,
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_DECREASE,
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_PULSE_DIRECTION,
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_QUADRATURE_X1_A,
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_QUADRATURE_X1_B,
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_QUADRATURE_X2_A,
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_QUADRATURE_X2_B,
+ COUNTER_FUNCTION_QUADRATURE_X4,
+};
+
+/* Signal values */
+enum counter_signal_level {
+ COUNTER_SIGNAL_LEVEL_LOW,
+ COUNTER_SIGNAL_LEVEL_HIGH,
+};
+
+/* Action mode values */
+enum counter_synapse_action {
+ COUNTER_SYNAPSE_ACTION_NONE,
+ COUNTER_SYNAPSE_ACTION_RISING_EDGE,
+ COUNTER_SYNAPSE_ACTION_FALLING_EDGE,
+ COUNTER_SYNAPSE_ACTION_BOTH_EDGES,
+};
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_COUNTER_H_ */