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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# Copyright Leica Geosystems AG
+#
+
+SUMMARY = "C++ library for kernel mode setting"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/tomba/kmsxx"
+LICENSE = "MPL-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=815ca599c9df247a0c7f619bab123dad"
+
+BRANCH = "master"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/tomba/kmsxx.git;protocol=https;branch=${BRANCH}"
+SRCREV = "403c756c958c2a60adc6e8fa64aa0943b4dfda4e"
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-python"
+
+DEPENDS = "libdrm libevdev fmt python3 python3-pybind11"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "python"
+PACKAGECONFIG[python] += "-Dpykms=enabled, -Dpykms=disabled"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+inherit meson pkgconfig
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${libdir}
+    install -m 0644 ${B}/kms++/libkms++.so.0 ${D}${libdir}
+    install -m 0644 ${B}/kms++util/libkms++util.so.0 ${D}${libdir}
+
+    install -d ${D}${bindir}
+    install -m 755 ${B}/utils/kmsview ${D}${bindir}
+    install -m 755 ${B}/utils/kmsblank ${D}${bindir}
+
+    if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+        install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+        install -m 0644 ${B}/py/pykms/pykms.so ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+    fi
+}
+
+FILES:${PN} +="/usr/lib/* \
+               /usr/bin/* "
+
+FILES:${PN}-python += "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*"