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-OpenEmbedded-Core
-=================
-
-OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions
-of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with
-DISTRO = "nodistro") and contains only emulated machine support.
-
-For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website:
-<https://www.openembedded.org/>
-
-The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about OE including a reference manual
-which can be found at:
-<https://docs.yoctoproject.org/>
-
-Contributing
-------------
-
-Please refer to our contributor guide here: <https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev/contributor-guide/>
-for full details on how to submit changes.
-
-For any files containing sorted lists (such as recipe maintainers), please ensure
-alphabetical order is maintained using the C locale. For example, use:
-`LC_ALL=C sort` to sort the list.
-
-As a quick guide, patches should be sent to openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
-The git command to do that would be:
-
-```
-git send-email -M -1 --to openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
-```
-
-Mailing list:
-<https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core>
-
-Source code:
-<https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/>
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+OpenEmbedded-Core
+=================
+
+OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions
+of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with
+DISTRO = "nodistro") and contains only emulated machine support.
+
+For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website:
+<https://www.openembedded.org/>
+
+The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about OE including a reference manual
+which can be found at:
+<https://docs.yoctoproject.org/>
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+Please refer to our contributor guide here: <https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev/contributor-guide/>
+for full details on how to submit changes.
+
+For any files containing sorted lists (such as recipe maintainers), please ensure
+alphabetical order is maintained using the C locale. For example, use:
+`LC_ALL=C sort` to sort the list.
+
+As a quick guide, patches should be sent to openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
+The git command to do that would be:
+
+```
+git send-email -M -1 --to openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
+```
+
+Mailing list:
+<https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core>
+
+Source code:
+<https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/>
+
+QEMU Emulation Targets
+======================
+
+To simplify development, the build system supports building images to
+work with the QEMU emulator in system emulation mode and these machines are
+the ones included in OE-Core. Our support and testing is currently focused
+around the following primary architectures and machine targets:
+
+* ARM (qemuarm + qemuarm64)
+* x86 (qemux86 + qemux86-64)
+* RISC-V (qemuriscv64)
+
+Use of the QEMU images is covered in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
+The appropriate MACHINE variable value corresponding to the target is given
+in brackets.
+
+OpenEmbedded does also have support for PowerPC (qemuppc/qemuppc64), MIPS
+(qemumips + qemumips64), qemuriscv32 and other less common targets but these
+are not as widely tested.
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-QEMU Emulation Targets
-======================
-
-To simplify development, the build system supports building images to
-work with the QEMU emulator in system emulation mode. Our support and testing
-is currently focused around the following primary architectures and machine
-targets:
-
-* ARM (qemuarm + qemuarm64)
-* x86 (qemux86 + qemux86-64)
-* RISC-V (qemuriscv64)
-
-Use of the QEMU images is covered in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
-The appropriate MACHINE variable value corresponding to the target is given
-in brackets.
-
-OpenEmbedded does also have support for PowerPC (qemuppc/qemuppc64), MIPS
-(qemumips + qemumips64), qemuriscv32 and other less common targets but these
-are not as widely tested.