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+TUNEVALID[mips16e] = "Build target packages with MIPS16e ASE instructions"
+MIPS_MIPS16E_OPT = "${@['mno-mips16', 'mips16'][d.getVar('MIPS_INSTRUCTION_SET', True) == 'mips16e']}"
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'mips16e', ' -${MIPS_MIPS16E_OPT}', '', d)}"
+
+MIPSPKGSFX_MIPS16E .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'mips16e', '-m16', '', d) if d.getVar('MIPS_MIPS16E_OPT', True) == 'mips16' else ''}"
+
+# Whether to compile with code to allow interworking between the two
+# instruction sets. This allows mips16e code to be executed on a primarily
+# mips32/64 system and vice versa. It is strongly recommended that DISTROs not
+# turn this off - the actual cost is very small.
+TUNEVALID[no-interlink-compressed] = "Disable mixing of standard and MIPS16e code"
+MIPS16_TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'no-interlink-compressed', ' -mno-interlink-compressed', ' -minterlink-compressed', d)}"
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'mips16e', ' ${MIPS16_TUNE_CCARGS}', '', d)}"
+OVERRIDES .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'mips16e', ':mips16e', '', d)}"
+
+# show status (if compiling in MIPS16e mode)
+BUILDCFG_VARS += "${@['', 'MIPS_INSTRUCTION_SET'][d.getVar('MIPS_INSTRUCTION_SET', True) == 'mips16e']}"