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+# Generic Device Packages
+
+This article is about device packages starting with `device-generic-`. These
+can boot on multiple devices of that architecture. `device-generic-x86_64`
+could for example be booted on most PCs and laptops with that architecture.
+
+## Device-specific services
+
+Pre-installing device specific software is allowed if it is needed to enable
+device functionality, but it must only start on relevant devices and not
+break other devices.
+
+One example is the
+[hexagonrpcd](https://github.com/linux-msm/hexagonrpc) daemon for serving
+HexagonFS files to the DSPs on Qualcomm devices, which we only run if e.g.
+`/dev/fastrpc-adsp` is available.
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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ in pmaports and the processes around device categorization.
    device-categorization
    deviceinfo-reference
    ci-tags
+   generic-device-packages
    generic-kernels
    kconfigcheck
    kernel-cmdline