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+# This class removes the empty partition table header
+# in the WIC file when --no-table WKS option is used
+
+IMAGE_TYPES += "wic.nopt"
+
+CONVERSIONTYPES += "nopt"
+
+# 1024 bytes are skipped which corresponds to the size of the partition table header to remove
+CONVERSION_CMD:nopt = "tail -c +1025 ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.${type} >  ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.${type}.nopt"