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+###############################################################################
+#
+#  <:copyright-BRCM:2016:DUAL/GPL:standard
+#  
+#     Copyright (c) 2016 Broadcom
+#     All Rights Reserved
+#  
+#  Unless you and Broadcom execute a separate written software license
+#  agreement governing use of this software, this software is licensed
+#  to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+#  (the "GPL"), available at http://www.broadcom.com/licenses/GPLv2.php,
+#  with the following added to such license:
+#  
+#     As a special exception, the copyright holders of this software give
+#     you permission to link this software with independent modules, and
+#     to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your
+#     choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent
+#     module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module.
+#     An independent module is a module which is not derived from this
+#     software.  The special exception does not apply to any modifications
+#     of the software.
+#  
+#  Not withstanding the above, under no circumstances may you combine
+#  this software in any way with any other Broadcom software provided
+#  under a license other than the GPL, without Broadcom's express prior
+#  written consent.
+#  
+#  :>
+#
+###############################################################################
+MOD_NAME = balutils
+MOD_TYPE = lib
+
+srcs = bal_utils.c
+