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+stages:
+  - build-toolchain
+  - embench
+  - dhrystone
+  - coremark
+  - compliance-test
+  #- util_timing_rpt
+
+build-toolchain:
+    tags:
+      - new-taiga-ci
+    stage: build-toolchain
+    script:
+      - echo $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE
+      - echo $CI_PROJECT_PATH
+      - echo $CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE
+      - echo $CI_PROJECT_TITLE
+      - module load LANG/PYTHON/3.7.6
+      - pip3 install meson
+      # create the taiga project file hierachy 
+      - cd ..
+      - rm -rf taiga-project
+      #- cp -r $CI_PROJECT_TITLE taiga
+      - cp -r project-0 taiga # only used for local tests
+      - git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-project.git
+      - mv -f taiga taiga-project/
+      - cd taiga-project
+      - source settings.sh
+      - git clone https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc.git --branch releases/gcc-10 --single-branch tool-chain/gcc
+      - git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-picolibc.git --branch master --single-branch tool-chain/picolibc
+      - git clone http://git.veripool.org/git/verilator --branch master --single-branch tool-chain/verilator
+      - git clone https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git --branch binutils-2_35-branch --single-branch tool-chain/binutils-gdb
+      - git clone https://sourceware.org/git/newlib-cygwin.git --branch master --single-branch tool-chain/newlib-cygwin
+      - cd tool-chain/gcc
+      - ./contrib/download_prerequisites
+      - cd $TAIGA_PROJECT_ROOT
+      - ./build-tool-chain.sh
+      - cp -rf $TAIGA_PROJECT_ROOT/tool-chain $CI_PROJECT_DIR #needed for caching
+    cache:
+      key: tool-chain-cache
+      paths:
+        - tool-chain/
+
+embench:
+    tags:
+    - new-taiga-ci
+    stage: embench
+    script:
+      # create the taiga project file hierachy
+      - cp -rf tool-chain ../taiga-project/tool-chain
+      - cd ..
+      #- rm -rf taiga-project
+      #- git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-project.git
+      #- cp -r project-0 taiga
+      ##- cp -r Taiga-dev taiga
+      #- mv -f taiga taiga-project/ 
+      - cd taiga-project
+      - source settings.sh
+      - git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-embench.git --branch taiga-picolibc --single-branch benchmarks/embench
+      - make build-embench
+      - make run-embench-verilator
+    cache:
+      key: tool-chain-cache
+      paths:
+        - tool-chain/
+
+compliance-test:
+    tags:
+      - new-taiga-ci
+    stage: compliance-test
+    script: 
+      - cp -rf tool-chain ../taiga-project/tool-chain
+      - cd ..
+      - cd taiga-project
+      - git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-riscv-compliance.git --branch taiga-sim --single-branch benchmarks/riscv-compliance
+      - source settings.sh
+      - make run-compliance-tests-verilator
+    cache:
+      key: tool-chain
+      paths:
+        - tool-chain/RISCV-compiler/
+
+
+dhrystone:
+    tags:
+      - new-taiga-ci
+    stage: dhrystone
+    script: 
+      - cp -rf tool-chain ../taiga-project/tool-chain
+      - cd ..
+      - cd taiga-project
+      - git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-dhrystone.git --branch master --single-branch benchmarks/taiga-dhrystone
+      - source settings.sh
+      - make run run-dhrystone-verilator
+    cache:
+      key: toolchain
+      paths:
+        - tool-chain/RISCV-compiler/
+
+
+coremark:
+    tags:
+      - new-taiga-ci
+    stage: coremark
+    script:
+      - cp -rf tool-chain ../taiga-project/tool-chain
+      - cd ..
+      - cd taiga-project
+      - git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-coremark.git --branch master --single-branch benchmarks/taiga-coremark
+      - source settings.sh
+      - make run run-coremark-verilator
+    cache:
+      key: toolchain
+      paths:
+        - tool-chain/RISCV-compiler/
+
+
+#util_timing_rpt-test:
+    #tags:
+    #- new-taiga-ci
+    #stage: util_timing_rpt
+    #script:
+      #- cd ..
+      #- cd taiga-project
+      #- git clone https://gitlab.com/sfu-rcl/taiga-coremark.git --branch master --single-branch benchmarks/taiga-coremark
+      #- source settings.sh
+      #- source /exports/rcl-tools/Vivado/Vivado/2019.2/settings64.sh
+      #- bash taiga/tools/PPA.sh