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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.
+#
+
+# set default shell
+SHELL = bash -e -o pipefail
+
+# Variables
+VERSION                    ?= $(shell cat ./VERSION)
+
+DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY     = false
+ifneq ($(shell git ls-files --others --modified --exclude-standard 2>/dev/null | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g'),0)
+    DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY = true
+endif
+## Docker related
+DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS          ?=
+DOCKER_REGISTRY            ?=
+DOCKER_REPOSITORY          ?=
+DOCKER_TAG                 ?= ${VERSION}$(shell [[ ${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY} == "true" ]] && echo "-dirty" || true)
+PONSIMOLT_IMAGENAME        := ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}voltha-adapter-ponsim-olt
+
+## Docker labels. Only set ref and commit date if committed
+DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_URL       ?= $(shell git remote get-url $(shell git remote))
+DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_REF       = $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
+DOCKER_LABEL_BUILD_DATE    ?= $(shell date -u "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+DOCKER_LABEL_COMMIT_DATE   = $(shell git show -s --format=%cd --date=iso-strict HEAD)
+
+DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS ?= \
+	${DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS} \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_version="${VERSION}" \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_vcs_url="${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_URL}" \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_vcs_ref="${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_REF}" \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_build_date="${DOCKER_LABEL_BUILD_DATE}" \
+	--build-arg org_opencord_vcs_commit_date="${DOCKER_LABEL_COMMIT_DATE}" \
+	--build-arg org_opencord_vcs_dirty="${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY}"
+
+DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS_LOCAL ?= ${DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS} \
+	--build-arg LOCAL_PYVOLTHA=${LOCAL_PYVOLTHA} \
+	--build-arg LOCAL_PROTOS=${LOCAL_PROTOS}
+
+.PHONY: local-protos local-pyvoltha
+
+# 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."
+	@echo "                         - If this is the first time you are building, choose 'make build' option."
+	@echo "adapter_ponsim_olt   : Build the ponsim olt adapter docker image"
+	@echo "venv                 : Build local Python virtualenv"
+	@echo "clean                : Remove files created by the build and tests"
+	@echo "distclean            : Remove venv directory"
+	@echo "docker-push          : Push the docker images to an external repository"
+	@echo "lint-dockerfile      : Perform static analysis on Dockerfiles"
+	@echo "lint                 : Shorthand for lint-style & lint-sanity"
+	@echo "test                 : Generate reports for all go tests"
+	@echo
+
+## Local Development Helpers
+local-protos:
+	@mkdir -p local_imports
+ifdef LOCAL_PROTOS
+	rm -rf local_imports/voltha-protos
+	mkdir -p local_imports/voltha-protos/dist
+	cp ../voltha-protos/dist/*.tar.gz local_imports/voltha-protos/dist/
+endif
+
+local-pyvoltha:
+	@mkdir -p local_imports
+ifdef LOCAL_PYVOLTHA
+	rm -rf local_imports/pyvoltha
+	mkdir -p local_imports/pyvoltha/dist
+	cp ../pyvoltha/dist/*.tar.gz local_imports/pyvoltha/dist/
+endif
+
+## Python venv dev environment
+
+VENVDIR := venv
+
+venv: distclean local-protos local-pyvoltha
+	virtualenv ${VENVDIR};\
+	source ./${VENVDIR}/bin/activate ; set -u ;\
+	rm -f ${VENVDIR}/local/bin ${VENVDIR}/local/lib ${VENVDIR}/local/include ;\
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
+ifdef LOCAL_PYVOLTHA
+	source ./${VENVDIR}/bin/activate ; set -u ;\
+	pip install local_imports/pyvoltha/dist/*.tar.gz
+endif
+ifdef LOCAL_PROTOS
+	source ./${VENVDIR}/bin/activate ; set -u ;\
+	pip install local_imports/voltha-protos/dist/*.tar.gz
+endif
+
+## Docker targets
+
+build: docker-build
+
+docker-build: adapter_ponsim_olt
+
+adapter_ponsim_olt: local-protos local-pyvoltha
+	docker build $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS_LOCAL) -t ${PONSIMOLT_IMAGENAME}:${DOCKER_TAG} -t ${PONSIMOLT_IMAGENAME}:latest -f docker/Dockerfile.adapter_ponsim_olt .
+
+docker-push:
+	docker push ${PONSIMOLT_IMAGENAME}:${DOCKER_TAG}
+
+## lint and unit tests
+
+PATH:=$(GOPATH)/bin:$(PATH)
+HADOLINT=$(shell PATH=$(GOPATH):$(PATH) which hadolint)
+lint-dockerfile:
+ifeq (,$(shell PATH=$(GOPATH):$(PATH) which hadolint))
+	mkdir -p $(GOPATH)/bin
+	curl -o $(GOPATH)/bin/hadolint -sNSL https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/v1.17.1/hadolint-$(shell uname -s)-$(shell uname -m)
+	chmod 755 $(GOPATH)/bin/hadolint
+endif
+	@echo "Running Dockerfile lint check ..."
+	@hadolint $$(find . -name "Dockerfile.*")
+	@echo "Dockerfile lint check OK"
+
+lint: lint-dockerfile
+
+test:
+	@ echo "Executing unit tests w/tox"
+	tox
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf local_imports
+	find . -name '*.pyc' | xargs rm -f
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -rf ${VENVDIR}
+
+# end file