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+SUMMARY = "Arm SystemReady Firmware Image"
+DESCRIPTION = "This recipe ensures that all packages listed in \
+ARM_SYSTEMREADY_FIRMWARE variable (set at machine conf) are deployed."
+
+EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS = "${ARM_SYSTEMREADY_FIRMWARE}"
+
+inherit extra_imagedepends_only
+
+python() {
+    if not d.getVar("ARM_SYSTEMREADY_FIRMWARE"):
+        raise bb.parse.SkipRecipe("ARM_SYSTEMREADY_FIRMWARE needs to be set")
+}
+
+do_testimage[noexec] = "1"