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+SUMMARY = "Phosphor Watchdog application"
+DESCRIPTION = "Application that implements software watchdog"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-watchdog"
+PR = "r1"
+PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e3fc50a88d0a364313df4b21ef20c29e"
+
+inherit autotools pkgconfig
+inherit obmc-phosphor-dbus-service
+
+RPROVIDES_${PN} += "virtual/obmc-watchdog"
+PROVIDES += "virtual/obmc-watchdog"
+
+DEPENDS += "autoconf-archive-native"
+DEPENDS += "sdbusplus sdbusplus-native"
+DEPENDS += "sdeventplus"
+DEPENDS += "phosphor-dbus-interfaces"
+DEPENDS += "phosphor-logging"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libsystemd"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "phosphor-logging"
+
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-watchdog"
+SRCREV = "f505fc0674d5cf14a8b1903cb894e4a171e28400"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+# Copies config file having arguments for host watchdog
+SYSTEMD_ENVIRONMENT_FILE_${PN} +="obmc/watchdog/poweron"
+
+# Install the override to set up a Conflicts relation
+SYSTEMD_OVERRIDE_${PN} += "poweron.conf:phosphor-watchdog@poweron.service.d/poweron.conf"
+
+# For now, watching PowerOn is the only usecase
+OBMC_HOST_WATCHDOG_INSTANCES = "poweron"
+
+# This is really a DBUS service but the service name is
+# an argument, so making it this way.
+WATCHDOG_TMPL = "phosphor-watchdog@.service"
+ENABLE_WATCHDOG_TMPL = "obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service"
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "${WATCHDOG_TMPL}"
+
+# To Enable Host Watchdog early during poweron
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "${ENABLE_WATCHDOG_TMPL}"
+
+WATCHDOG_TGTFMT = "phosphor-watchdog@{0}.service"
+ENABLE_WATCHDOG_TGTFMT = "obmc-enable-host-watchdog@{0}.service"
+
+WATCHDOG_FMT = "../${WATCHDOG_TMPL}:obmc-host-startmin@{1}.target.wants/${WATCHDOG_TGTFMT}"
+ENABLE_WATCHDOG_FMT = "../${ENABLE_WATCHDOG_TMPL}:obmc-host-startmin@{0}.target.wants/${ENABLE_WATCHDOG_TGTFMT}"
+
+SYSTEMD_LINK_${PN} += "${@compose_list(d, 'WATCHDOG_FMT', 'OBMC_HOST_WATCHDOG_INSTANCES', 'OBMC_HOST_INSTANCES')}"
+SYSTEMD_LINK_${PN} += "${@compose_list(d, 'ENABLE_WATCHDOG_FMT', 'OBMC_HOST_INSTANCES')}"