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+#
+# Tune Settings for Cortex-A78
+#
+DEFAULTTUNE                                        ?= "cortexa78"
+
+TUNEVALID[cortexa78] = "Enable Cortex-A78 specific processor optimizations"
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'cortexa78', ' -mcpu=cortex-a78', '', d)}"
+
+require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8-2a.inc
+
+# Little Endian base configs
+AVAILTUNES                                         += "cortexa78"
+ARMPKGARCH:tune-cortexa78                           = "cortexa78"
+TUNE_FEATURES:tune-cortexa78                        = "${TUNE_FEATURES:tune-armv8-2a-crypto} cortexa78"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS:tune-cortexa78                  = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS:tune-armv8-2a-crypto} cortexa78"
+BASE_LIB:tune-cortexa78                             = "lib64"