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+/*******************************************************************************
+* Copyright (C) 2018 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
+* 
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+* "Software"), to use this Software with Cadence processor cores only and 
+* not with any other processors and platforms, subject to
+* the following conditions:
+* 
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+* in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+* 
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+* CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+* TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+* SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+******************************************************************************/
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * xf-component.h
+ *
+ * Xtensa processing framework component definition
+ *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __XF_H
+#error "xf-component.h mustn't be included directly"
+#endif
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Types definitions
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+/* ...component literal identifier */
+typedef const char * const xf_id_t;
+
+/* ...component descriptor (base structure) */
+typedef struct xf_component
+{
+    /* ...scheduler node */
+    xf_task_t               task;
+
+    /* ...component id */
+    u32                     id;
+    
+    /* ...message-processing function */
+    int                   (*entry)(struct xf_component *, xf_message_t *);
+
+    /* ...component destructor function */
+    int                   (*exit)(struct xf_component *, xf_message_t *);
+#ifndef XAF_ENABLE_NON_HIKEY    
+    /* ...output port accessor */
+    xf_output_port_t *    (*port)(struct xf_component *, u32);
+#endif
+    
+}   xf_component_t;
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Helpers
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+/* ...return core-id of the component */
+static inline u32 xf_component_core(xf_component_t *component)
+{
+    return XF_PORT_CORE(component->id);
+}
+
+/* ...schedule component execution */
+#define xf_component_schedule(c, dts)                                       \
+({                                                                          \
+    xf_sched_t *__sched = &XF_CORE_DATA(xf_component_core((c)))->sched;     \
+    xf_sched_put(__sched, &(c)->task, xf_sched_timestamp(__sched) + (dts)); \
+})
+
+/* ...cancel component execution */
+#define xf_component_cancel(c)                                          \
+({                                                                      \
+    xf_sched_t *__sched = &XF_CORE_DATA(xf_component_core((c)))->sched; \
+    xf_sched_cancel(__sched, &(c)->task);                               \
+})
+    
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * API functions
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+/* ...component factory */
+extern xf_component_t * xf_component_factory(u32 core, xf_id_t id, u32 length);