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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2019, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--terse
+--no-tree
+--ignore COMPLEX_MACRO
+--ignore AVOID_EXTERNS
+--ignore VOLATILE
+--ignore PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES
+--ignore LEADING_SPACE
+--ignore CODE_INDENT
+--ignore SUSPECT_CODE_INDENT
+--ignore BRACES
+--ignore CONST_STRUCT
+--ignore INITIALISED_STATIC
+--show-types