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+SUMMARY = "minimal bootable image"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58 \
+ file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
+
+inherit packagegroup
+
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+PR = "r0"
+
+#
+# Set by the machine configuration with packages essential for device bootup
+#
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
+
+# Distro can override the following VIRTUAL-RUNTIME providers:
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager ?= "udev"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager ?= "sysvinit"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts ?= "initscripts"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps ?= "keymaps"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
+ base-files \
+ base-passwd \
+ busybox \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts} \
+ ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps}", "", d)} \
+ modutils-initscripts \
+ netbase \
+ init-ifupdown \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager} \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager} \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives} \
+ ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
+
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
+