License Header
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Each file should begin with a special comment containing the appropriate copyright and license for the file.
-Generally this is the BSD License, except for code for Linux Kernel modules.
+Each file must begin with a special comment containing the
+`Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) License Identfier <https://spdx.org/using-spdx-license-identifier>`_.
+
+Generally this is the BSD License, except for code granted special exceptions.
+The SPDX licences identifier is sufficient, a file should not contain
+an additional text version of the license (boilerplate).
+
After any copyright header, a blank line should be left before any other contents, e.g. include statements in a C file.
C Preprocessor Directives
The optional fields are:
-allow_experimental_apis
- **Default Value = false**
- Used to allow the library to make use of APIs marked as experimental.
- Set to ``true`` if the C files in the library call any functions
- marked as experimental in any included header files.
-
build
**Default Value = true**
Used to optionally compile a library, based on its dependencies or
For drivers, the values are largely the same as for libraries. The variables
supported are:
-allow_experimental_apis
- As above.
-
build
As above.