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+# possible arch values are:
+#    aarch64 arm armeb alpha cris i386 x86_64 m68k microblaze
+#    mips mipsel mips64 mips64el ppc ppc64 ppc64abi32 ppcemb
+#    riscv32 riscv64 sparc sparc32 sparc32plus
+
+def get_qemu_target_list(d):
+    import bb
+    archs = d.getVar('QEMU_TARGETS').split()
+    tos = d.getVar('HOST_OS')
+    softmmuonly = ""
+    for arch in ['ppcemb', 'lm32']:
+        if arch in archs:
+            softmmuonly += arch + "-softmmu,"
+            archs.remove(arch)
+    linuxuseronly = ""
+    for arch in ['armeb', 'alpha', 'ppc64abi32', 'ppc64le', 'sparc32plus', 'aarch64_be']:
+        if arch in archs:
+            linuxuseronly += arch + "-linux-user,"
+            archs.remove(arch)
+    if 'linux' not in tos:
+        return softmmuonly + ''.join([arch + "-softmmu" + "," for arch in archs]).rstrip(',')
+    return softmmuonly + linuxuseronly + ''.join([arch + "-linux-user" + "," + arch + "-softmmu" + "," for arch in archs]).rstrip(',')
+
+def get_qemu_usermode_target_list(d):
+    return ",".join(filter(lambda i: "-linux-user" in i, get_qemu_target_list(d).split(',')))
+
+def get_qemu_system_target_list(d):
+    return ",".join(filter(lambda i: "-linux-user" not in i, get_qemu_target_list(d).split(',')))