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+DESCRIPTION = "Extended task to get System Test specific apps"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58"
+
+inherit task
+
+# those ones can be set in machine config to supply packages needed to get machine booting
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
+
+TEST = "\
+    bonnie++ \
+    hdparm \
+    iozone3 \
+    iperf \
+    lmbench \
+    rt-tests \
+    "
+
+TI_TEST = "\
+    ltp-ddt \
+    "
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+    ${TEST} \
+    ${TI_TEST} \
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS} \
+    "
+
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
+    "
+