diff --git a/meta-q71l/recipes-phosphor/workbook/quanta-q71l-config.bb b/meta-q71l/recipes-phosphor/workbook/quanta-q71l-config.bb
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+SUMMARY = "Quanta Q71l board wiring"
+DESCRIPTION = "Board wiring information for the Quanta Q71l system."
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit allarch
+inherit setuptools
+inherit pythonnative
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+
+PROVIDES += "virtual/obmc-inventory-data"
+RPROVIDES_${PN} += "virtual-obmc-inventory-data"
+
+DEPENDS += "python"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+SRC_URI += "file://Quanta-q71l.py"
+
+# the following is unnecessary.
+python() {
+	machine = d.getVar('MACHINE', True).capitalize() + '.py'
+	d.setVar('_config_in_skeleton', machine)
+}
+
+do_make_setup() {
+        cp ${S}/${_config_in_skeleton} \
+                ${S}/obmc_system_config.py
+        cat <<EOF > ${S}/setup.py
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='${BPN}',
+    version='${PR}',
+    py_modules=['obmc_system_config'],
+    )
+EOF
+}
+
+addtask make_setup after do_patch before do_configure
diff --git a/meta-q71l/recipes-phosphor/workbook/quanta-q71l-config/Quanta-q71l.py b/meta-q71l/recipes-phosphor/workbook/quanta-q71l-config/Quanta-q71l.py
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+## System states
+##   state can change to next state in 2 ways:
+##   - a process emits a GotoSystemState signal with state name to goto
+##   - objects specified in EXIT_STATE_DEPEND have started
+SYSTEM_STATES = [
+    'BASE_APPS',
+    'BMC_STARTING',
+    'BMC_READY',
+    'HOST_POWERING_ON',
+    'HOST_POWERED_ON',
+    'HOST_BOOTING',
+    'HOST_BOOTED',
+    'HOST_POWERED_OFF',
+]
+
+EXIT_STATE_DEPEND = {
+    'BASE_APPS' : {
+        '/xyz/openbmc_poroject/sensors': 0,
+    },
+    'BMC_STARTING' : {
+        '/xyz/openbmc_project/control/chassis0': 0,
+    },
+}
+
+FRU_INSTANCES = {}
+
+# I believe these numbers need to match the yaml file used to create the c++ ipmi map.
+# the devices have types, but I don't believe that factors in here, I think these are
+# just unique IDs.
+ID_LOOKUP = {
+    'FRU' : {},
+    # The number at the end needs to match the FRU ID.
+    # https://github.com/openbmc/skeleton/blob/master/pysystemmgr/system_manager.py#L143
+    # The paramter for it is of type 'y' (unsigned 8-bit integer) presumably decimal?
+    'FRU_STR' : {},
+    'SENSOR' : {},
+    'GPIO_PRESENT' : {}
+}
+
+GPIO_CONFIG = {}
+HWMON_CONFIG = {}
+GPIO_CONFIGS = {}
+
+# Miscellaneous non-poll sensor with system specific properties.
+# The sensor id is the same as those defined in ID_LOOKUP['SENSOR'].
+MISC_SENSORS = {}
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4