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+SUMMARY = "Basic task to get a device booting"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=4d92cd373abda3937c2bc47fbc49d690"
+
+PR = "r58"
+
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+inherit packagegroup
+
+#
+# those ones can be set in machine config to supply packages needed to get machine booting
+#
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
+
+# Make sure we build the kernel
+DEPENDS = "virtual/kernel"
+
+#
+# minimal set of packages - needed to boot
+#
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+    base-files \
+    base-passwd \
+    busybox \
+    netbase \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "keymaps", "", d)} \
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS} \
+"
+
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
+    kernel \
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
+"