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+require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc
+
+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "thunderx"
+AVAILTUNES += "thunderx thunderx_be"
+
+TUNEVALID[thunderx] = "Enable instructions for Cavium ThunderX"
+
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "thunderx", " -mcpu=thunderx ", "",d)}"
+
+ARMPKGARCH_tune-thunderx ?= "thunderx"
+ARMPKGARCH_tune-thunderx_be ?= "thunderx_be"
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-thunderx ?= "${TUNE_FEATURES_tune-aarch64} thunderx"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-thunderx_be ?= "${TUNE_FEATURES_tune-thunderx} bigendian"
+BASE_LIB_tune-thunderx = "lib64"
+BASE_LIB_tune-thunderx_be = "lib64"
+
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-thunderx = "aarch64 thunderx"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-thunderx_be = "aarch64_be thunderx_be"