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+# Copyright (C) 2025, Digi International Inc.
+
+# In terms of the i.MX linux headers, the ones in our fork are identical to the
+# ones in the i.MX fork, so there's no reason to download the entire i.MX Linux
+# repo to get headers that are already available in ours.
+SRC_URI = "${LINUX_GIT_URI};nobranch=1"