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+################################################################################
+# machine_xml
+#
+################################################################################
+
+MACHINE_XML_VERSION ?= $(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_VERSION)
+ifeq ($(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_GITHUB_PROJECT),y)
+MACHINE_XML_SITE = $(call github,open-power,$(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_GITHUB_PROJECT_VALUE),$(MACHINE_XML_VERSION))
+else ifeq ($(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_CUSTOM_GIT),y)
+MACHINE_XML_SITE_METHOD = git
+MACHINE_XML_SITE = $(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_CUSTOM_GIT_VALUE)
+endif
+
+MACHINE_XML_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+MACHINE_XML_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+MACHINE_XML_DEPENDENCIES = hostboot openpower-mrw common-p8-xml
+
+MACHINE_XML_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
+MACHINE_XML_INSTALL_TARGET = YES
+
+MRW_SCRATCH=$(STAGING_DIR)/openpower_mrw_scratch
+MRW_HB_TOOLS=$(STAGING_DIR)/hostboot_build_images
+
+# Defines for BIOS metadata creation
+BIOS_SCHEMA_FILE = $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/bios.xsd
+OPENPOWER_BIOS_XML_CONFIG_FILE = $(MRW_SCRATCH)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_BIOS_XML_FILENAME)
+BIOS_XML_METADATA_FILE = \
+    $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME)_bios_metadata.xml
+PETITBOOT_XSLT_FILE = $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/bios_metadata_petitboot.xslt
+PETITBOOT_BIOS_XML_METADATA_FILE = \
+    $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME)_bios_metadata_petitboot.xml
+PETITBOOT_BIOS_XML_METADATA_INITRAMFS_FILE = \
+    $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/bios_metadata.xml
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_OPPOWERVM_ATTRIBUTES),y)
+MACHINE_XML_OPPOWERVM_ATTR_XML = $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/attribute_types_oppowervm.xml
+MACHINE_XML_OPPOWERVM_TARGET_XML = $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_oppowervm.xml
+endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_TARGET_TYPES_OPENPOWER_XML),y)
+MACHINE_XML_TARGET_TYPES_OPENPOWER_XML = $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_openpower.xml
+endif
+
+define MACHINE_XML_FILTER_UNWANTED_ATTRIBUTES
+       chmod +x $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/filter_out_unwanted_attributes.pl
+
+       $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/filter_out_unwanted_attributes.pl \
+            --tgt-xml $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_merged.xml \
+            --tgt-xml $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_hb.xml \
+            --tgt-xml $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_oppowervm.xml \
+            --tgt-xml $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_openpower.xml \
+            --mrw-xml $(MRW_SCRATCH)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_MRW_XML_FILENAME)
+
+       cp  $(MRW_SCRATCH)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_MRW_XML_FILENAME).updated  $(MRW_SCRATCH)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_MRW_XML_FILENAME)
+endef
+
+define MACHINE_XML_BUILD_CMDS
+        # copy the machine xml where the common lives
+        bash -c 'mkdir -p $(MRW_SCRATCH) && cp -r $(@D)/* $(MRW_SCRATCH)'
+
+        # generate the system mrw xml
+        perl -I $(MRW_HB_TOOLS) \
+        $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/processMrw.pl -x $(MRW_SCRATCH)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_FILENAME)
+
+	$(if $(BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_FILTER_UNWANTED_ATTRIBUTES), $(call MACHINE_XML_FILTER_UNWANTED_ATTRIBUTES))
+
+        # merge in any system specific attributes, hostboot attributes
+        $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/mergexml.sh $(MRW_SCRATCH)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_SYSTEM_XML_FILENAME) \
+            $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/attribute_types.xml \
+            $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/attribute_types_hb.xml \
+            $(MACHINE_XML_OPPOWERVM_ATTR_XML) \
+            $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/attribute_types_openpower.xml \
+            $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_merged.xml \
+            $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/target_types_hb.xml \
+            $(MACHINE_XML_OPPOWERVM_TARGET_XML) \
+            $(MACHINE_XML_TARGET_TYPES_OPENPOWER_XML) \
+            $(MRW_SCRATCH)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_MRW_XML_FILENAME) > $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/temporary_hb.hb.xml;
+
+        # creating the targeting binary
+        $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/xmltohb.pl  \
+            --hb-xml-file=$(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/temporary_hb.hb.xml \
+            --fapi-attributes-xml-file=$(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/fapiattrs.xml \
+            --src-output-dir=none \
+            --img-output-dir=$(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/ \
+            --vmm-consts-file=$(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/vmmconst.h --noshort-enums \
+            --bios-xml-file=$(OPENPOWER_BIOS_XML_CONFIG_FILE) \
+            --bios-schema-file=$(BIOS_SCHEMA_FILE) \
+            --bios-output-file=$(BIOS_XML_METADATA_FILE)
+
+        # Transform BIOS XML into Petitboot specific BIOS XML via the schema
+        xsltproc -o \
+            $(PETITBOOT_BIOS_XML_METADATA_FILE) \
+            $(PETITBOOT_XSLT_FILE) \
+            $(BIOS_XML_METADATA_FILE)
+endef
+
+define MACHINE_XML_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
+        mv $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/targeting.bin $(MRW_HB_TOOLS)/$(BR2_OPENPOWER_TARGETING_BIN_FILENAME)
+endef
+
+define MACHINE_XML_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+        # Install Petitboot specific BIOS XML into initramfs's usr/share/ dir
+        $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 \
+            $(PETITBOOT_BIOS_XML_METADATA_FILE) \
+            $(PETITBOOT_BIOS_XML_METADATA_INITRAMFS_FILE)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))