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+#@TYPE: Machine
+#@NAME: freedom-u540
+#@SOC: Freedom U540
+#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for the HiFive Unleashed development board
+
+require conf/machine/include/tune-riscv.inc
+
+MACHINE_FEATURES = "screen keyboard ext2 ext3 serial"
+MACHINE_ARCH = "riscv64"
+
+KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux"
+
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-riscv"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-riscv = "4.15%"
+
+GDBVERSION = "riscv"
+QEMUVERSION = "riscv"
+
+EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "riscv-pk"
+
+SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
+
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += " kernel-modules"
+
+RISCV_BBL_PAYLOAD ?= "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}${KERNEL_INITRAMFS}-${MACHINE}.bin"
+
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE = "1"
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "riscv-initramfs-image"
+KERNEL_INITRAMFS = '-initramfs'