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+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+# The empty wic plugin is used to create unformatted empty partitions for wic
+# images.
+# To use it you must pass "empty" as argument for the "--source" parameter in
+# the wks file. For example:
+# part foo --source empty --ondisk sda --size="1024" --align 1024
+
+import logging
+
+from wic.pluginbase import SourcePlugin
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('wic')
+
+class EmptyPartitionPlugin(SourcePlugin):
+    """
+    Populate unformatted empty partition.
+    """
+
+    name = 'empty'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def do_prepare_partition(cls, part, source_params, cr, cr_workdir,
+                             oe_builddir, bootimg_dir, kernel_dir,
+                             rootfs_dir, native_sysroot):
+        """
+        Called to do the actual content population for a partition i.e. it
+        'prepares' the partition to be incorporated into the image.
+        """
+        return