-extern const std::string engine_info(bool to_uci = false);
-extern void timed_wait(WaitCondition&, Lock&, int);
-extern void prefetch(char* addr);
-extern void start_logger(bool b);
-
-extern void dbg_hit_on(bool b);
-extern void dbg_hit_on_c(bool c, bool b);
-extern void dbg_mean_of(int v);
-extern void dbg_print();
+const std::string engine_info(bool to_uci = false);
+const std::string compiler_info();
+void prefetch(void* addr);
+void start_logger(const std::string& fname);
+void* std_aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size);
+void std_aligned_free(void* ptr);
+void* aligned_large_pages_alloc(size_t size); // memory aligned by page size, min alignment: 4096 bytes
+void aligned_large_pages_free(void* mem); // nop if mem == nullptr
+
+void dbg_hit_on(bool b);
+void dbg_hit_on(bool c, bool b);
+void dbg_mean_of(int v);
+void dbg_print();
+
+typedef std::chrono::milliseconds::rep TimePoint; // A value in milliseconds
+static_assert(sizeof(TimePoint) == sizeof(int64_t), "TimePoint should be 64 bits");
+inline TimePoint now() {
+ return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>
+ (std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
+}