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+These are the packer build templates we use to create the AMIs
+used by the TrustedFirmware CI system.
+
+packer_freebsd.json -- produces the mbedtls FreeBSD AMI
+packer_ubuntu.json -- produces the mbedtls Linux AMI
+packer_custom.json -- produces an Ubuntu based utility AMI