drivers/periph/timer: add timer_set_periodic()

Makefile.dep

@@ -1050,6 +1050,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter periph_gpio_irq,$(USEMODULE)))
   FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_gpio
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter periph_timer_periodic,$(USEMODULE)))
+  FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_timer
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter devfs_hwrng,$(USEMODULE)))
   FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_hwrng
 endif

drivers/include/periph/timer.h

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define PERIPH_TIMER_H
 
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "periph_cpu.h"
 /** @todo remove dev_enums.h include once all platforms are ported to the updated periph interface */
@@ -69,6 +70,26 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef unsigned int tim_t;
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Reset the timer when the set() function is called
+ *
+ * When set, calling the timer_set_periodic() function resets the timer count value.
+ */
+#ifndef TIM_FLAG_RESET_ON_SET
+#define TIM_FLAG_RESET_ON_SET   (0x01)
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Reset the timer on match
+ *
+ * When set, a match on this channel will reset the timer count value.
+ * When set on multiple channels, only the channel with the lowest match value
+ * will be reached.
+ */
+#ifndef TIM_FLAG_RESET_ON_MATCH
+#define TIM_FLAG_RESET_ON_MATCH (0x02)
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief   Signature of event callback functions triggered from interrupts
  *
@@ -138,6 +159,21 @@ int timer_set(tim_t dev, int channel, unsigned int timeout);
  */
 int timer_set_absolute(tim_t dev, int channel, unsigned int value);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Set an absolute timeout value for the given channel of the given timer
+ *        The timeout will be called periodically for each iteration
+ *
+ * @param[in] dev           the timer device to set
+ * @param[in] channel       the channel to set
+ * @param[in] value         the absolute compare value when the callback will be
+ *                          triggered
+ * @param[in] flags         options
+ *
+ * @return                  0 on success
+ * @return                  -1 on error
+ */
+int timer_set_periodic(tim_t dev, int channel, unsigned int value, uint8_t flags);
+
 /**
  * @brief Clear the given channel of the given timer device
  *