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+RPIFW_SRCREV ?= "390f53ed0fd79df274bdcc81d99e09fa262f03ab"
+RPIFW_DATE ?= "20160622"
+RPIFW_SRC_URI ?= "git://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware.git;protocol=git;branch=master"
+RPIFW_S ?= "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+SRC_URI = "${RPIFW_SRC_URI}"
+SRCREV = "${RPIFW_SRCREV}"
+PV = "${RPIFW_DATE}"