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+DISTRO_NAME = "Xilinx Standalone Distro"
+DISTRO_VERSION = "1.0"
+TARGET_VENDOR = "-xilinx"
+
+# Make sure any users get the xilinx-standalone distro override
+DISTROOVERRIDES_prepend = "${@'xilinx-standalone:' if d.getVar('DISTRO') != "xilinx-standalone" else ''}"
+
+TCLIBC = "newlib"
+TCLIBCAPPEND =""
+
+# Change SDK name
+SDK_VERSION = "xilinx-standalone"
+
+require conf/distro/include/yocto-uninative.inc
+INHERIT += "uninative"
+
+# Hold this until it gets merged in core, we need libc.a and libgloss.a for cross-canadian
+LIBC_DEPENDENCIES_append = " newlib-staticdev libgloss-staticdev"
+
+ESW_CFLAGS ?= ""
+
+INHERIT += "buildhistory"
+
+# Cortex R5 requires an additional cflag to be passed for compatibility with the embeddedsw
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'cortexr5', ' -DARMR5', '', d)}"
+
+# Make sure all regular recipes are excluded from compatibility
+# Avoid using this for native, nativesdk or cross recipes
+COMPATOS = ""
+# Set the regex for target recipes only, follow TARGET_OS default
+COMPATOS_class-target = ".*-linux${LIBCEXTENSION}${ABIEXTENSION}"
+COMPATIBLE_HOST ?= "${COMPATOS}"
+
+# Clear defaults
+DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_xilinx-standalone = ""
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager_xilinx-standalone = ""
+
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-dummy"
+
+# Hold this until it gets merged in core, we need libc.a and libgloss.a for cross-canadian
+LIBC_DEPENDENCIES_append = " newlib-staticdev libgloss-staticdev"
+
+# No cached configsite files
+TOOLCHAIN_NEED_CONFIGSITE_CACHE = ""
+
+# Workaround for pulling in nativesdk-mingw-w64-winpthreads
+TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK_append_sdkmingw32 = " nativesdk-mingw-w64-winpthreads"