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+use super::{TimerQueue, TimerQueueTicks};
+
+/// A backend definition for a monotonic clock/counter.
+pub trait TimerQueueBackend: 'static + Sized {
+    /// The type for ticks.
+    type Ticks: TimerQueueTicks;
+
+    /// Get the current time.
+    fn now() -> Self::Ticks;
+
+    /// Set the compare value of the timer interrupt.
+    ///
+    /// **Note:** This method does not need to handle race conditions of the monotonic, the timer
+    /// queue in RTIC checks this.
+    fn set_compare(instant: Self::Ticks);
+
+    /// Clear the compare interrupt flag.
+    fn clear_compare_flag();
+
+    /// Pend the timer's interrupt.
+    fn pend_interrupt();
+
+    /// Optional. Runs on interrupt before any timer queue handling.
+    fn on_interrupt() {}
+
+    /// Optional. This is used to save power, this is called when the timer queue is not empty.
+    ///
+    /// Enabling and disabling the monotonic needs to propagate to `now` so that an instant
+    /// based of `now()` is still valid.
+    ///
+    /// NOTE: This may be called more than once.
+    fn enable_timer() {}
+
+    /// Optional. This is used to save power, this is called when the timer queue is empty.
+    ///
+    /// Enabling and disabling the monotonic needs to propagate to `now` so that an instant
+    /// based of `now()` is still valid.
+    ///
+    /// NOTE: This may be called more than once.
+    fn disable_timer() {}
+
+    /// Returns a reference to the underlying timer queue.
+    fn timer_queue() -> &'static TimerQueue<Self>;
+}