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+#"Copyright ? 2019-present Lenovo
+#Licensed under BSD-3, see COPYING.BSD file for details."
+
+
+# We have a conf and classes directory, add to BBPATH
+BBPATH .= ":${LAYERDIR}"
+
+# We have recipes-* directories, add to BBFILES
+BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/meta-common/recipes-*/*/*.bb \
+            ${LAYERDIR}/meta-common/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"
+
+BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "lenovo-layer"
+BBFILE_PATTERN_lenovo-layer = ""
+LAYERVERSION_lenovo-layer = "1"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_lenovo-layer = "thud warrior"
+
+# Provide a variable that points the base of the lenovo layer.
+LENOVOBASE = '${@os.path.normpath("${LAYERDIR}/")}'