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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+CARAVEL_ROOT?=$(shell pwd)/caravel-lite
+UPRJ_ROOT?=$(shell pwd)
+
+# Install lite version of caravel, (1): caravel-lite, (0): caravel
+CARAVEL_LITE?=1
+
+ifeq ($(CARAVEL_LITE),1) 
+	CARAVEL_NAME := caravel-lite
+	CARAVEL_REPO := https://github.com/Manarabdelaty/caravel-lite 
+else
+	CARAVEL_NAME := caravel
+	CARAVEL_REPO := https://github.com/efabless/caravel 
+endif
+
+# Install caravel as submodule, (1): submodule, (0): clone
+SUBMODULE?=1
+
+# Include Caravel Makefile Targets
+.PHONY: %
+%: 
+	$(MAKE) -f $(CARAVEL_ROOT)/Makefile $@
+
+# Verify Target for running simulations
+.PHONY: verify
+verify:
+	cd ./verilog/dv/ && \
+		$(MAKE) -j$(THREADS) all
+	cd ./verilog/dv/ && \
+		SIM=GL $(MAKE) -j$(THREADS) all
+
+# Openlane Makefile Targets
+BLOCKS = $(shell cd openlane && find * -maxdepth 0 -type d)
+.PHONY: $(BLOCKS)
+$(BLOCKS):
+	cd openlane && $(MAKE) $*
+
+# Install caravel
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+ifeq ($(SUBMODULE),1)
+	@echo "Installing $(CARAVEL_NAME) as a submodule.."
+	@git submodule add $(CARAVEL_REPO)
+	$(MAKE) simlink
+else
+	@echo "Installing $(CARAVEL_NAME).."
+	@git clone $(CARAVEL_REPO) $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
+endif
+
+# Create symbolic links to caravel's main files
+.PHONY: simlink
+simlink: check-caravel
+	@ln -sf $(CARAVEL_ROOT)/openlane/Makefile openlane/Makefile
+	@ln -sf $(CARAVEL_ROOT)/openlane/user_project_wrapper_empty/pin_order.cfg openlane/user_project_wrapper/pin_order.cfg
+
+# Update Caravel
+.PHONY: update_caravel
+update_caravel: check-caravel
+ifeq ($(CARAVEL_LITE),1)
+	cd $(CARAVEL_ROOT)/ && \
+		git checkout main && \
+		git pull
+else
+	cd $(CARAVEL_ROOT)/ && \
+		git checkout master && \
+		git pull
+endif
+
+# Uninstall Caravel
+.PHONY: uninstall
+uninstall: 
+ifeq ($(SUBMODULE),1)
+	git submodule deinit -f $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
+	rm -rf .git/modules/$(CARAVEL_NAME)
+	git rm -f $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
+else
+	rm -rf $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
+endif
+
+# Clean 
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	cd ./verilog/dv/ && \
+		$(MAKE) -j$(THREADS) clean
+
+check-caravel:
+	@if [ ! -d "$(CARAVEL_ROOT)" ]; then \
+		echo "Caravel Root: "$(CARAVEL_ROOT)" doesn't exists, please export the correct path before running make. "; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
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