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+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "ppcpr6"
+
+require conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc64.inc
+
+TUNEVALID[power6] = "Enable IBM Power6 specific processor optimizations"
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "power6", " -mcpu=power6", "", d)}"
+
+AVAILTUNES += "ppcp6 ppc64p6"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppcp6 = "m32 fpu-hard power6 altivec"
+BASE_LIB_tune-ppcp6 = "lib"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppcp6 = "ppcp6"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppcp6 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppcp6"
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64p6 = "m64 fpu-hard power6 altivec"
+BASE_LIB_tune-ppc64p6 = "lib64"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc64p6 = "ppc64p6"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc64p6 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64} ppc64p6"
+
+# glibc configure options to get power6 specific library
+GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF_powerpc64 += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "power6", "--with-cpu=power6", "", d)}"
+GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF_powerpc += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "power6", "--with-cpu=power6", "", d)}"