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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef __INTERRUPT_PROPS_H__
+#define __INTERRUPT_PROPS_H__
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+/* Create an interrupt property descriptor from various interrupt properties */
+#define INTR_PROP_DESC(num, pri, grp, cfg) \
+	{ \
+		.intr_num = num, \
+		.intr_pri = pri, \
+		.intr_grp = grp, \
+		.intr_cfg = cfg, \
+	}
+
+typedef struct interrupt_prop {
+	unsigned int intr_num:10;
+	unsigned int intr_pri:8;
+	unsigned int intr_grp:2;
+	unsigned int intr_cfg:2;
+} interrupt_prop_t;
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* __INTERRUPT_PROPS_H__ */