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+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "cortexa72"
+
+TUNEVALID[cortexa72] = "Enable Cortex-A72 specific processor optimizations"
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'cortexa72', ' -mcpu=cortex-a72', '', d)}"
+
+require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8a.inc
+
+# Little Endian base configs
+AVAILTUNES += "cortexa72"
+ARMPKGARCH_tune-cortexa72 = "cortexa72"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-cortexa72 = "aarch64 cortexa72 simd crc crypto"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-cortexa72 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-armv8a-crc-crypto} cortexa72"