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+#
+# Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+.PHONY: utests
+
+utest:
+	@ nosetests utests
+
+COVERAGE_OPTS=--with-xcoverage --with-xunit --cover-package=voltha,common,ofagent --cover-html\
+              --cover-html-dir=tmp/cover
+
+utest-with-coverage:
+	@ nosetests $(COVERAGE_OPTS) utests
+
+# end file