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+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
+ bool "protobuf"
+ depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+ # See src/google/protobuf/stubs/platform_macros.h for supported archs.
+ # PowerPC doesn't actually work.
+ depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
+ # host-protobuf only builds on certain architectures
+ depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
+ help
+ Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral,
+ extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
+
+ https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers
+
+comment "protobuf needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+ depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+ depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
+ depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"