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+#
+# Migration test hardware configuration description
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+
+class Hardware(object):
+    def __init__(self, cpus=1, mem=1,
+                 src_cpu_bind=None, src_mem_bind=None,
+                 dst_cpu_bind=None, dst_mem_bind=None,
+                 prealloc_pages = False,
+                 huge_pages=False, locked_pages=False):
+        self._cpus = cpus
+        self._mem = mem # GiB
+        self._src_mem_bind = src_mem_bind # List of NUMA nodes
+        self._src_cpu_bind = src_cpu_bind # List of pCPUs
+        self._dst_mem_bind = dst_mem_bind # List of NUMA nodes
+        self._dst_cpu_bind = dst_cpu_bind # List of pCPUs
+        self._prealloc_pages = prealloc_pages
+        self._huge_pages = huge_pages
+        self._locked_pages = locked_pages
+
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        return {
+            "cpus": self._cpus,
+            "mem": self._mem,
+            "src_mem_bind": self._src_mem_bind,
+            "dst_mem_bind": self._dst_mem_bind,
+            "src_cpu_bind": self._src_cpu_bind,
+            "dst_cpu_bind": self._dst_cpu_bind,
+            "prealloc_pages": self._prealloc_pages,
+            "huge_pages": self._huge_pages,
+            "locked_pages": self._locked_pages,
+        }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def deserialize(cls, data):
+        return cls(
+            data["cpus"],
+            data["mem"],
+            data["src_cpu_bind"],
+            data["src_mem_bind"],
+            data["dst_cpu_bind"],
+            data["dst_mem_bind"],
+            data["prealloc_pages"],
+            data["huge_pages"],
+            data["locked_pages"])