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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Configuration file for release/release.sh to build arm/armv7 distribution
+# images (not system-on-chip (SoC) images).
+
+TARGET="arm"
+TARGET_ARCH="armv7"
+KERNEL="GENERIC"