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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+#
+# Configure how the Linux checkpatch script should be invoked in the context of
+# the Trusted Firmware source tree.
+#
+
+# This is not Linux so don't expect a Linux tree!
+--no-tree
+
+# The Linux kernel expects the SPDX license tag in the first line of each file.
+# We don't follow this in the Trusted Firmware.
+--ignore SPDX_LICENSE_TAG
+
+# This clarifes the lines indications in the report.
+#
+# E.g.:
+# Without this option, we have the following output:
+#      #333: FILE: drivers/arm/gic/arm_gic.c:160:
+# So we have 2 lines indications (333 and 160), which is confusing.
+# We only care about the position in the source file.
+#
+# With this option, it becomes:
+#      drivers/arm/gic/arm_gic.c:160:
+--showfile
+
+# Don't show some messages like the list of ignored types or the suggestion to
+# use "--fix" or report changes to the maintainers.
+--quiet
+
+#
+# Ignore the following message types, as they don't necessarily make sense in
+# the context of the Trusted Firmware.
+#
+
+# COMPLEX_MACRO generates false positives.
+--ignore COMPLEX_MACRO
+
+# Commit messages might contain a Gerrit Change-Id.
+--ignore GERRIT_CHANGE_ID
+
+# Do not check the format of commit messages, as Gerrit's merge commits do not
+# preserve it.
+--ignore GIT_COMMIT_ID
+
+# FILE_PATH_CHANGES reports this kind of message:
+# "added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?"
+# We do not use this MAINTAINERS file process in TF.
+--ignore FILE_PATH_CHANGES
+
+# AVOID_EXTERNS reports this kind of messages:
+# "externs should be avoided in .c files"
+# We don't follow this convention in TF.
+--ignore AVOID_EXTERNS
+
+# NEW_TYPEDEFS reports this kind of messages:
+# "do not add new typedefs"
+# We allow adding new typedefs in TF.
+--ignore NEW_TYPEDEFS
+
+# Avoid "Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch" message
+--ignore NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF
+
+# VOLATILE reports this kind of messages:
+# "Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt"
+# We allow the usage of the volatile keyword in TF.
+--ignore VOLATILE
+
+# BRACES reports this kind of messages:
+# braces {} are not necessary for any arm of this statement
+--ignore BRACES
+
+# PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES reports this kind of messages (when using --strict):
+# "Prefer kernel type 'u32' over 'uint32_t'"
+--ignore PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES
+
+# USLEEP_RANGE reports this kind of messages (when using --strict):
+# "usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt"
+--ignore USLEEP_RANGE
+
+# COMPARISON_TO_NULL reports this kind of messages (when using --strict):
+# Comparison to NULL could be written ""
+--ignore COMPARISON_TO_NULL
+
+# UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES reports this kind of messages (when using --strict):
+# Unnecessary parentheses around ""
+--ignore UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES