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+//
+// Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+#include "update_engine/common/hwid_override.h"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <base/files/file_path.h>
+#include <base/files/file_util.h>
+#include <brillo/key_value_store.h>
+
+using std::map;
+using std::string;
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+const char HwidOverride::kHwidOverrideKey[] = "HWID_OVERRIDE";
+
+HwidOverride::HwidOverride() {}
+
+HwidOverride::~HwidOverride() {}
+
+string HwidOverride::Read(const base::FilePath& root) {
+  brillo::KeyValueStore lsb_release;
+  lsb_release.Load(base::FilePath(root.value() + "/etc/lsb-release"));
+  string result;
+  if (lsb_release.GetString(kHwidOverrideKey, &result))
+    return result;
+  return "";
+}
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine