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+[Unit]
+Description=UART renderer
+Requires=obmc-console@ttyVUART0.service
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile={envfiledir}/fbterm
+ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/fbset $FB_MODE
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/fbterm --write-only obmc-console-client