MLBEDSW-3251 Add version to external API

Added version to the external API
-Added CLI-option --api_version
-Added API function to get the API version

Signed-off-by: Patrik Gustavsson <patrik.gustavsson@arm.com>
Change-Id: I0143b50adf884a2b05145912a1c7bef8cecc5f02
diff --git a/ethosu/vela/test/extapi/test_extapi_get_version.py b/ethosu/vela/test/extapi/test_extapi_get_version.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2020 Arm Limited or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# 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
+#
+# 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.
+# Description:
+# Contains unit tests for get API version for an external consumer
+from ethosu.vela.api import api_version
+from ethosu.vela.api import npu_get_API_version
+
+
+def test_npu_get_API_version():
+    int_version = npu_get_API_version()
+    version_major = int_version >> 16
+    version_minor = 0xFFFF & int_version
+    assert api_version == f"{version_major}.{version_minor}"