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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+# Script to interact with a Linux kernel
+#
+
+# Expect 8 CPUs in total by default
+if [ -z "${num_cpus}" ]; then
+	num_cpus=8
+fi
+
+expect_string+=('Linux version')
+expect_string+=("SMP: Total of ${num_cpus} processors activated")
+expect_string+=('Freeing unused kernel memory')