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+# Provides the config file for the phosphor-fan-presence application.
+# The default config file is empty.  To provide a real one,
+# append this recipe in a layer, add:
+# FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+# and provide a config file.
+
+SUMMARY = "Config file for phosphor-fan-presence"
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit native
+inherit phosphor-fan
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+
+PROVIDES += "virtual/phosphor-fan-presence-config"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://config.yaml"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_install() {
+        install -D config.yaml ${D}${presence_datadir}/config.yaml
+}