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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Profile/generic
+  NAME:=Generic Octeon board
+  PACKAGES:=kmod-ath9k
+endef
+
+define Profile/generic/Description
+	Base packages for Octeon boards.
+endef
+$(eval $(call Profile,generic))
+