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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# Not all platforms are supported by Qemu. Using qemu-user therefore
+# involves a certain risk, which is also the reason why this feature
+# is not activated by default.
+
+inherit qemu
+
+CMAKE_EXEWRAPPER_ENABLED:class-native = "False"
+CMAKE_EXEWRAPPER_ENABLED:class-nativesdk = "False"
+CMAKE_EXEWRAPPER_ENABLED ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'qemu-usermode', 'True', 'False', d)}"
+DEPENDS:append = "${@' qemu-native' if d.getVar('CMAKE_EXEWRAPPER_ENABLED') == 'True' else ''}"
+
+cmake_do_generate_toolchain_file:append:class-target() {
+    if [ "${CMAKE_EXEWRAPPER_ENABLED}" = "True" ]; then
+        # Write out a qemu wrapper that will be used as exe_wrapper so that camake
+        # can run target helper binaries through that. This also allows to execute ctest.
+        qemu_binary="${@qemu_wrapper_cmdline(d, '${STAGING_DIR_HOST}', ['${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/${libdir}','${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/${base_libdir}'])}"
+        echo "#!/bin/sh" > "${WORKDIR}/cmake-qemuwrapper"
+        echo "$qemu_binary \"\$@\"" >> "${WORKDIR}/cmake-qemuwrapper"
+        chmod +x "${WORKDIR}/cmake-qemuwrapper"
+        echo "set( CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR ${WORKDIR}/cmake-qemuwrapper)" \
+          >> ${WORKDIR}/toolchain.cmake
+    fi
+}