diff --git a/makefiles/etc/include.mk b/makefiles/etc/include.mk
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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage:
+#
+# mytarget:
+#     $(call banner-enter,target $@)
+#     @echo "Hello World"
+#     $(call banner-leave,target $@)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+target-banner = ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Return a command line able to display a banner hilighting
+##         make target processing within a logfile.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+banner-enter=\
+    @echo -e \
+    "\n"\
+    "$(target-banner)\n"\
+    "** $(MAKE) ENTER: $(1)\n"\
+    "$(target-banner)"\
+
+banner-leave=\
+    @echo -e "** $(MAKE) LEAVE: $(1)"
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/etc/todo.mk b/makefiles/etc/todo.mk
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+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Cast value into a boolean string.
+## NOTE: : Careful with line comment placement, when octolthorp is indented
+##         in a makefile return value will have whitespace appended.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+boolean = $(if $(strip $($(1))),false,true)# trailing whitespace is bad here
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intet: Negate input value for conditional use.
+##   Return success when input value is null.
+## Usage:
+##   $(info ** defined[true]  = $(call not,value))
+##   $(info ** defined[false] = $(call not,$(null)))
+##   $(if $(call not,varname),$(error varname= is not set))
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+not = $(strip \
+  $(foreach true-false\
+    ,$(info true-false=$(true-false))$(strip $(call boolean,$(1)))\
+      $(subst true,$(null),$(true-false))\
+  )\
+)