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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+#
+# Script to interact with a Linux kernel
+#
+# This script is not standalone and should be sourced by a top expect script.
+#
+
+# Expect 8 CPUs in total by default
+if {[info exists ::env(num_cpus)]} {
+	set num_cpus $env(num_cpus)
+} else {
+	set num_cpus 8
+}
+
+expect_string "Linux version" "Linux starting"
+expect_re "SMP: Total of $num_cpus processors activated" "Brought up secondary CPUs"
+expect_string "Freeing unused kernel memory" "End of Linux boot"