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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Profile/Generic
+  NAME:=Generic
+  PACKAGES:=
+endef
+
+define Profile/Generic/Description
+	Generic Profile
+endef
+$(eval $(call Profile,Generic))