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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+#
+# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+# documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# * Neither the name of Texas Instruments Incorporated nor the names of
+# its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+# from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
+# CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+# EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
+# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+
+#
+# ======== Makefile ========
+#
+
+# edit PROCLIST list to control how many executables to build
+#PROCLIST = test_arm
+#PROCLIST = test_dsp
+PROCLIST = test_arm test_dsp
+
+EXBASE = .
+include $(EXBASE)/products.mak
+
+.PHONY: all $(PROCLIST) help install clean
+
+all: $(PROCLIST)
+
+$(PROCLIST):
+ @$(ECHO) "#"
+ @$(ECHO) "# Making $@ ..."
+ $(MAKE) -C $(PASDK_INSTALL_DIR)/$@
+
+help:
+ @$(ECHO) "make # build executables"
+ @$(ECHO) "make clean # clean everything"
+ @$(ECHO) "make install EXEC_DIR=/.../testbench # install folder"
+
+# setup install goal
+ifeq ($(filter $(MAKECMDGOALS),install),$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+ifeq (,$(EXEC_DIR))
+EXEC_DIR=$(CURDIR)/install
+endif
+override EXEC_DIR:=$(EXEC_DIR)/pasdk
+endif
+
+install: $(PROCLIST) $(addsuffix _install,$(PROCLIST))
+$(addsuffix _install,$(PROCLIST)):
+ @$(ECHO) "#"
+ @$(ECHO) "# Making $@ ..."
+ @$(MKDIR) $(EXEC_DIR)/debug
+ @$(MKDIR) $(EXEC_DIR)/release
+ $(MAKE) -C $(subst _install,,$@) EXEC_DIR=$(EXEC_DIR) install
+
+clean: $(addsuffix _clean,$(PROCLIST))
+ $(RMDIR) install
+
+$(addsuffix _clean,$(PROCLIST)):
+ $(MAKE) -C $(PASDK_INSTALL_DIR)/$(subst _clean,,$@) clean
+
+
+# ======== standard macros ========
+ifneq (,$(wildcard $(XDC_INSTALL_DIR)/xdc.exe))
+ # use these on Windows
+ CP = $(XDC_INSTALL_DIR)/bin/cp
+ ECHO = $(XDC_INSTALL_DIR)/bin/echo
+ INSTALL = $(XDC_INSTALL_DIR)/bin/cp
+ MKDIR = $(XDC_INSTALL_DIR)/bin/mkdir -p
+ RM = $(XDC_INSTALL_DIR)/bin/rm -f
+ RMDIR = $(XDC_INSTALL_DIR)/bin/rm -rf
+else
+ # use these on Linux
+ CP = cp
+ ECHO = echo
+ INSTALL = install
+ MKDIR = mkdir -p
+ RM = rm -f
+ RMDIR = rm -rf
+endif