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+
+# enable the overrides for the context of the conf only
+OVERRIDES .= ":qemuboot-xilinx"
+
+# setup the target binary
+QB_SYSTEM_NAME_prepend = "qemu-xilinx/"
+
+# Default machine targets for Xilinx QEMU (FDT Generic)
+QB_MACHINE_aarch64 = "-machine arm-generic-fdt"
+QB_MACHINE_arm = "-machine arm-generic-fdt-7series"
+QB_MACHINE_microblaze = "-machine microblaze-generic-fdt-plnx"
+
+# defaults
+QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL ?= "none"
+
+inherit qemuboot
+
+# rewrite the qemuboot with the custom sysroot bindir
+python do_write_qemuboot_conf_append() {
+    val = os.path.join(d.getVar('BASE_WORKDIR'), d.getVar('BUILD_SYS'), 'qemu-xilinx-helper-native/1.0-r1/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin/')
+    cf.set('config_bsp', 'STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE', '%s' % val)
+
+    # write out the updated version from this append
+    with open(qemuboot, 'w') as f:
+        cf.write(f)
+}
+