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+# Template file for 'cpuburn-a53'
+pkgname=cpuburn-a53
+version=0.0.20160228
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+only_for_archs="aarch64 aarch64-musl"
+build_style=fetch
+short_desc="Stress ARM Cortex-A53 processors"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="https://github.com/ssvb/cpuburn-arm"
+distfiles="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ssvb/cpuburn-arm/ad7e646700d14b81413297bda02fb7fe96613c3f/cpuburn-a53.S"
+checksum=502b3a17186da34976cb97d7ae2083a66c42cddaffc1e900a4dd23efc64d97f1
+
+do_build() {
+	$CC -o cpuburn-a53 cpuburn-a53.S
+	sed -n '1,/^$/p' cpuburn-a53.S >LICENSE
+}
+do_install() {
+	vbin cpuburn-a53
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}