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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.
+#
+
+# Makefile to build all protobuf and gRPC related artifacts
+
+ifeq ($(VOLTHA_BASE)_set,_set)
+  $(error To get started, please source the env.sh file from Voltha top level directory)
+endif
+
+# This makefile is used only to copy relevant *_pb2.py files from Voltha
+# to allow ofagent to function properly.
+
+PB2_FILES := \
+    voltha_pb2.py \
+    openflow_13_pb2.py
+
+TARGET_PROTO_DIR := $(VOLTHA_BASE)/ofagent/protos
+SOURCE_PROTO_DIR := $(VOLTHA_BASE)/voltha/protos
+
+build: copyfiles
+
+copyfiles:
+	rsync -av --include '*/' --exclude='third_party/__init__.py' --include '*.py' --exclude='*' $(SOURCE_PROTO_DIR)/ $(TARGET_PROTO_DIR)
+