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+# Overriding map_nodejs_arch() is needed to support building nodejs on ppc64le
+# We can remove this, once OpenBMC moves to a version of Yocto with
+# http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel/2018-February/116737.html
+def map_nodejs_arch(a, d):
+        import re
+
+        if   re.match('i.86$', a): return 'ia32'
+        elif re.match('x86_64$', a): return 'x64'
+        elif re.match('aarch64$', a): return 'arm64'
+        elif re.match('(powerpc64|ppc64le)$', a): return 'ppc64'
+        elif re.match('powerpc$', a): return 'ppc'
+        return a