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+require recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-${PV}.inc
+require gcc-target.inc
+
+# Building with thumb enabled on armv4t fails with
+# | gcc-4.8.1-r0/gcc-4.8.1/gcc/cp/decl.c:7438:(.text.unlikely+0x2fa): relocation truncated to fit: R_ARM_THM_CALL against symbol `fancy_abort(char const*, int, char const*)' defined in .glue_7 section in linker stubs
+# | gcc-4.8.1-r0/gcc-4.8.1/gcc/cp/decl.c:7442:(.text.unlikely+0x318): additional relocation overflows omitted from the output
+ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET_armv4 = "arm"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"