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+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+SUMMARY = "Essential build dependencies for building rust kernel modules in image"
+
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${TUNE_PKGARCH}"
+
+inherit packagegroup
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
+    bindgen-cli \
+    libclang \
+    rust \
+    rust-src-lib \
+    rust-tools-rustfmt \
+"
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:append:riscv64 = "\
+    clang \
+    lld \
+    llvm-bin \
+"