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4 Supported Components
The following sections list components that are supported for the IA64-460GX
architecture. There also exist other components in Simics, such as various
PCI devices, that may work for IA64-460GX but that have not been tested.
The default machines are constructed from components in the
-system.include files in
[simics]/targets/ia64-460gx/. See the
Configuration and Checkpointing chapter in the Simics User Guide for
information on how to define your own machine, or make modifications
to an existing machine.
4.1 Ia64 Components
4.1.1 ia64-460gx-system
- Description
-
The "ia64-460gx-system" component represents a system based on the Itanium processor with the 460GX chipset
- Attributes
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- memory_megs
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
The amount of RAM in mega-bytes in the machine.
- processor_list
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: [o|n{32}].
Processors connected to the system.
- rtc_time
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The date and time of the Real-Time clock.
- Commands
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- create-ia64-460gx-system ["name"] memory_megs "rtc_time"
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "ia64-460gx-system". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- new-ia64-460gx-system ["name"] memory_megs "rtc_time"
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Creates an instantiated component of the class "ia64-460gx-system". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <ia64-460gx-system>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <ia64-460gx-system>.status
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Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| cpu[0-31] | ia64-cpu | down |
| isa-bus | isa-bus | down |
| pci-slot[2-23] | pci-bus | down |
4.1.2 itanium-cpu
- Description
-
The "itanium-cpu" component represents an Itanium processor
- Attributes
-
- cpu_frequency
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
Processor frequency in MHz.
- Commands
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- create-itanium-cpu ["name"] cpu_frequency
-
Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "itanium-cpu". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <itanium-cpu>.info
-
Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <itanium-cpu>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
-
| Name | Type | Direction |
| backplane | ia64-cpu | up |
4.2 PCI Device Components
4.2.1 pci-sym53c810
- Description
-
The "pci-sym53C810" component represents a SYM53C810PCI based SCSI controller.
- Attributes
-
- bios
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The x86 SCSI BIOS file to use.
- Commands
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- create-pci-sym53c810 ["name"] ["bios"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "pci-sym53c810". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <pci-sym53c810>.info
-
Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <pci-sym53c810>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| pci-bus | pci-bus | up |
| scsi-bus | scsi-bus | down |
4.2.2 pci-sym53c875
- Description
-
The "pci-sym53C875" component represents a SYM53C875PCI based SCSI controller.
- Attributes
-
- bios
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The x86 SCSI BIOS file to use.
- Commands
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- create-pci-sym53c875 ["name"] ["bios"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "pci-sym53c875". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <pci-sym53c875>.info
-
Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <pci-sym53c875>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| pci-bus | pci-bus | up |
| scsi-bus | scsi-bus | down |
4.2.3 pci-dec21143
- Description
-
The "pci-dec21143" component represents a DEC21143 PCI based fast Ethernet adapter.
- Attributes
-
- bios
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The x86 BIOS file to use.
- mac_address
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The MAC address of the Ethernet adapter.
- Commands
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- create-pci-dec21143 ["name"] "mac_address" ["bios"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "pci-dec21143". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <pci-dec21143>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <pci-dec21143>.status
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Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| pci-bus | pci-bus | up |
| ethernet | ethernet-link | down |
4.2.4 pci-ragexl
- Description
-
The "pci-ragexl" component represents a Rage XL PCI based VGA compatible graphics adapter.
- Commands
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- create-pci-ragexl ["name"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "pci-ragexl". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <pci-ragexl>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <pci-ragexl>.status
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Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| pci-bus | pci-bus | up |
| console | graphics-console | down |
4.3 PC Legacy Components
4.3.1 ps2-keyboard-mouse
- Description
-
The "ps2-keyboard-mouse" component represents the PS/2 8042 keyboard controller with a connected 105 key keyboard and three button mouse.
- Commands
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- create-ps2-keyboard-mouse ["name"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "ps2-keyboard-mouse". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <ps2-keyboard-mouse>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <ps2-keyboard-mouse>.status
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Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| isa-bus | isa-bus | up |
| reset | x86-reset-bus | up |
| kbd-console | keyboard | down |
| mse-console | mouse | down |
4.3.2 pc-dual-serial-ports
- Description
-
The "pc-dual-serial-ports" component represents two PC compatible serial ports.
- Commands
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- create-pc-dual-serial-ports ["name"]
-
Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "pc-dual-serial-ports". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <pc-dual-serial-ports>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <pc-dual-serial-ports>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| isa-bus | isa-bus | up |
| com[1-2] | serial | down |
4.3.3 isa-vga
- Description
-
The "isa-vga" component represents an ISA bus based VGA compatible graphics adapter.
- Attributes
-
- bios
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The VGA BIOS file to use.
- Commands
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- create-isa-vga ["name"] ["bios"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "isa-vga". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <isa-vga>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <isa-vga>.status
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Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| isa-bus | isa-bus | up |
| console | graphics-console | down |
4.4 Standard Components
4.4.1 std-ethernet-link
- Description
-
The "std-ethernet-link" component represents a standard Ethernet link.
- Attributes
-
- frame_echo
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
Set this attribute to echo frames back to the sender. Default is not to echo frames.
- link_name
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The name to use for the ethernet-link object. An error will be raised at instantiation time if the link cannot be given this name.
- Commands
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- create-std-ethernet-link ["name"] ["link_name"] [frame_echo]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-ethernet-link". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- new-std-ethernet-link ["name"] ["link_name"] [frame_echo]
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Creates an instantiated component of the class "std-ethernet-link". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-ethernet-link>.info
-
Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-ethernet-link>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| device | ethernet-link | any |
4.4.2 std-service-node
- Description
-
The "std-service-node" component represents a network service node that can be connected to Ethernet links to provide services such as DNS, DHCP/BOOTP, RARP and TFTP. A service node component does not have any connectors by default. Instead, connectors have to be added using the <std-service-node>.add-connector command.
- Attributes
-
- dynamic_connectors
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: [[iss]*].
List of user added connectors
- next_connector_id
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
Next service-node device ID.
- Commands
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- create-std-service-node ["name"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-service-node". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- new-std-service-node ["name"]
-
Creates an instantiated component of the class "std-service-node". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-service-node>.add-connector "ip" ["netmask"]
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Adds a connector to the service-node with specified IP address and netmask. A connector must be created for the service-node before an Ethernet link can be connected to it. The ip argument is the IP address that the service node will use on the link. The netmask argument is optional, and defaults to 255.255.255.0.
The name of the new connector is returned.
- <std-service-node>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-service-node>.status
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Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
4.4.3 std-scsi-bus
- Description
-
The "std-scsi-bus" component represents a 16 slot SCSI bus.
- Commands
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- create-std-scsi-bus ["name"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-scsi-bus". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-scsi-bus>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-scsi-bus>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| scsi-bus | scsi-bus | any |
4.4.4 std-scsi-disk
- Description
-
The "std-scsi-disk" component represents a SCSI-2 disk.
- Attributes
-
- file
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
File with disk contents for the full disk Either a raw file or a CRAFF file.
- scsi_id
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
The ID on the SCSI bus.
- size
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
The size of the SCSI disk in bytes.
- Commands
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- create-std-scsi-disk ["name"] scsi_id size ["file"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-scsi-disk". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-scsi-disk>.info
-
Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-scsi-disk>.status
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Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| scsi-bus | scsi-bus | up |
4.4.5 std-scsi-cdrom
- Description
-
The "std-scsi-cdrom" component represents a SCSI-2 CD-ROM.
- Attributes
-
- scsi_id
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
The ID on the SCSI bus.
- Commands
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- create-std-scsi-cdrom ["name"] scsi_id
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-scsi-cdrom". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-scsi-cdrom>.info
-
Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-scsi-cdrom>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
-
| Name | Type | Direction |
| scsi-bus | scsi-bus | up |
4.4.6 std-text-console
- Description
-
The "std-text-console" component represents a serial text console.
- Attributes
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- bg_color
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The background color.
- fg_color
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The foreground color.
- height
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
The height of the console window.
- title
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
The Window title.
- width
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
The width of the console window.
- win32_font
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
Font to use in the console on Windows host.
- x11_font
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
Font to use in the console when using X11 (Linux/Solaris host).
- Commands
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- create-std-text-console ["name"] ["title"] ["bg_color"] ["fg_color"] ["x11_font"] ["win32_font"] [width] [height]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-text-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- new-std-text-console ["name"] ["title"] ["bg_color"] ["fg_color"] ["x11_font"] ["win32_font"] [width] [height]
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Creates an instantiated component of the class "std-text-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-text-console>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-text-console>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| serial | serial | up |
4.4.7 std-server-console
- Description
-
The "std-server-console" component represents a serial console accessible from the host using telnet.
- Attributes
-
- telnet_port
- Required attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.
TCP/IP port to connect the telnet service of the console to.
- Commands
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- create-std-server-console ["name"] telnet_port
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-server-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- new-std-server-console ["name"] telnet_port
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Creates an instantiated component of the class "std-server-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-server-console>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-server-console>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
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| Name | Type | Direction |
| serial | serial | up |
4.4.8 std-graphics-console
- Description
-
The "std-graphics-console" component represents a graphical console for displaying output from a simulated graphics adapters and getting input for mouse and keyboard devices.
- Attributes
-
- window
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: b.
Try to open window if TRUE (default). FALSE disabled the window.
- Commands
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- create-std-graphics-console ["name"] [window]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-graphics-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- new-std-graphics-console ["name"] [window]
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Creates an instantiated component of the class "std-graphics-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-graphics-console>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-graphics-console>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
-
| Name | Type | Direction |
| device | graphics-console | up |
| keyboard | keyboard | up |
| mouse | mouse | up |
4.4.9 std-text-graphics-console
- Description
-
The "std-text-graphics-console" component represents a text console for use with VGA instead of a graphics console.
- Commands
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- create-std-text-graphics-console ["name"]
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Creates a non-instantiated component of the class "std-text-graphics-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- new-std-text-graphics-console ["name"]
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Creates an instantiated component of the class "std-text-graphics-console". If name is not specified, the component will get a class-specific default name. The other arguments correspond to class attributes.
- <std-text-graphics-console>.info
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Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.
- <std-text-graphics-console>.status
-
Print detailed information about the current status of the device.
- Connectors
-
| Name | Type | Direction |
| device | graphics-console | up |
| keyboard | keyboard | up |
4.5 Base Components
The base components are abstract classes that contain generic component
attributes and commands available for all components.
4.5.1 component
- Description
-
Base component class, should not be instantiated.
- Attributes
-
- connections
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: [[sos]*].
List of connections for the component. The format is a list of lists, each containing the name of the connector, the connected component, and the name of the connector on the other component.
- connectors
- Pseudo class attribute; read-only access; type: D.
Dictionary of dictionaries with connectors defined by this component class, indexed by name. Each connector contains the name of the connector "type", a "direction" ("up", "down" or "any"), a flag indicating if the connector can be "empty", another flag that is set if the connector is "hotplug" capable, and finally a flag that is TRUE if muliple connections to this connector is allowed.
- instantiated
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: b.
Set to TRUE if the component has been instantiated.
- object_list
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: D.
Dictionary with objects that the component consists of.
- object_prefix
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.
Object prefix string used by the component. The prefix is typically set by the set-component-prefix command before the component is created.
- top_component
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: Object.
The top level component. Attribute is not valid until the component has been instantiated.
- top_level
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: b.
Set to TRUE for top-level components, i.e. the root of a hierarchy.
4.5.2 top-component
- Description
-
Base top-level component class, should not be instantiated.
- Attributes
-
- components
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: [o*].
List of components below the the top-level component. This attribute is not valid until the object has been instantiated.
- cpu_list
- Optional attribute; read/write access; type: [o*].
List of all processors below the the top-level component. This attribute is not valid until the object has been instantiated.
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