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+#
+# Copyright 2016 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.
+#
+
+ifeq ($(TAG),)
+TAG := latest
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(TARGET_TAG),)
+TARGET_TAG := latest
+endif
+
+# If no DOCKER_HOST_IP is specified grab a v4 IP address associated with
+# the default gateway
+ifeq ($(DOCKER_HOST_IP),)
+DOCKER_HOST_IP := $(shell ifconfig $$(netstat -rn | grep -E '^(default|0.0.0.0)' | head -1 | awk '{print $$NF}') | grep inet | awk '{print $$2}' | sed -e 's/addr://g')
+endif
+
+
+ifneq ($(http_proxy)$(https_proxy),)
+# Include proxies from the environment
+DOCKER_PROXY_ARGS = \
+       --build-arg http_proxy=$(http_proxy) \
+       --build-arg https_proxy=$(https_proxy) \
+       --build-arg ftp_proxy=$(ftp_proxy) \
+       --build-arg no_proxy=$(no_proxy) \
+       --build-arg HTTP_PROXY=$(HTTP_PROXY) \
+       --build-arg HTTPS_PROXY=$(HTTPS_PROXY) \
+       --build-arg FTP_PROXY=$(FTP_PROXY) \
+       --build-arg NO_PROXY=$(NO_PROXY)
+endif
+
+DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS = \
+	--build-arg TAG=$(TAG) \
+	--build-arg REGISTRY=$(REGISTRY) \
+	--build-arg REPOSITORY=$(REPOSITORY) \
+	$(DOCKER_PROXY_ARGS) $(DOCKER_CACHE_ARG) \
+	 --rm --force-rm \
+	$(DOCKER_BUILD_EXTRA_ARGS)
+
+DOCKER_IMAGE_LIST = \
+	rw_core
+
+
+.PHONY: $(DIRS) $(DIRS_CLEAN) $(DIRS_FLAKE8) rw_core ro_core
+
+# This should to be the first and default target in this Makefile
+help:
+	@echo "Usage: make [<target>]"
+	@echo "where available targets are:"
+	@echo
+	@echo "build        : Build the docker images.\n\
+               If this is the first time you are building, choose \"make build\" option."
+	@echo "rw_core      : Build the rw_core docker container"
+	@echo
+
+
+# Parallel Build
+$(DIRS):
+	@echo "    MK $@"
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $@
+
+# Parallel Clean
+DIRS_CLEAN = $(addsuffix .clean,$(DIRS))
+$(DIRS_CLEAN):
+	@echo "    CLEAN $(basename $@)"
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(basename $@) clean
+
+build: containers
+
+containers: rw_core
+
+ifneq ($(VOLTHA_BUILD),docker)
+rw_core:
+	docker build $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) -t ${REGISTRY}${REPOSITORY}voltha-rw-core:${TAG} -f docker/Dockerfile.rw_core .
+else
+rw_core:
+	docker build $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) -t ${REGISTRY}${REPOSITORY}voltha-rw-core:${TAG} -f docker/Dockerfile.rw_core_d .
+endif
+
+
+# end file