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-#
-# \brief  Essential platform specific sources for core
-# \author Martin Stein
-# \date   2012-04-16
-#
-
-# Aad C++ sources
-SRC_CC += syscall.cc
-
-# add assembly sources
-SRC_S += crt0.s mode_transition.s boot_modules.s
-
-# add inlucde paths
-INC_DIR += $(BASE_DIR)/src/core/include/
-
-#
-# Check if there are other images wich shall be linked to core.
-# If not use a dummy boot-modules file wich includes only the symbols.
-#
-ifeq ($(wildcard $(BUILD_BASE_DIR)/boot_modules.s),)
-vpath boot_modules.s $(REP_DIR)/src/core/arm_v7a
-else
-INC_DIR += $(BUILD_BASE_DIR)
-vpath boot_modules.s $(BUILD_BASE_DIR)
-endif
-
-# declare remaining source paths
-vpath syscall.cc $(REP_DIR)/src/base/arm_v7a
-vpath %          $(REP_DIR)/src/core/arm_v7a