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+BR2_powerpc64=y
+BR2_powerpc_power8=y
+BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM=y
+
+# No HostBoot for Mambo
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTBOOT=n
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTBOOT_BINARIES=n
+
+BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME="openpower-mambo"
+
+# no OCC for Mambo either
+BR2_PACKAGE_OCC=n
+
+# we don't need a PNOR layout for Mambo
+BR2_PACKAGE_OPENPOWER_PNOR=n
+
+# skiboot will be built but we don't need embedded payload
+BR2_TARGET_SKIBOOT=y
+BR2_TARGET_SKIBOOT_EMBED_PAYLOAD=n
+
+# petitboot requirements
+BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE=y
+BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US"
+BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="hvc0"
+BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="overlay"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL="git://github.com/open-power/linux.git"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="c04097526152ef45ed87b4a89c5e52fc8f856d34"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_DEFCONFIG=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="skiroot"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE_EPAPR=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_BNX2X=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_CXGB4=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_I2C_TOOLS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR_SERVER is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_ETHTOOL=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_NETCAT=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_RSYNC=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_IPMITOOL=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_XZ=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y