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+all: help
+
+.PHONY: help
+help:
+	@echo "This is a short hand for running popular tasks."
+	@echo "Please check the documentation on how to get started"
+	@echo "or how to set-up the different environments."
+
+# Use a parallel run (make -j N) for a faster build
+build-all: build-riscv-compliance build-simple-system build-arty
+
+
+# RISC-V compliance
+.PHONY: build-riscv-compliance
+build-riscv-compliance:
+	fusesoc --cores-root=. run --target=sim --setup --build \
+		lowrisc:ibex:ibex_riscv_compliance
+
+
+# Simple system
+# Use the following targets:
+# - "build-simple-system"
+# - "run-simple-system"
+.PHONY: build-simple-system
+build-simple-system:
+	fusesoc --cores-root=. run --target=sim --setup --build \
+		lowrisc:ibex:ibex_simple_system
+
+simple-system-program = examples/sw/simple_system/hello_test/hello_test.vmem
+sw-simple-hello: $(simple-system-program)
+
+.PHONY: $(simple-system-program)
+$(simple-system-program):
+	make -C examples/sw/simple_system/hello_test
+
+Vibex_simple_system = \
+      build/lowrisc_ibex_ibex_simple_system_0/sim-verilator/Vibex_simple_system
+$(Vibex_simple_system):
+	@echo "$@ not found"
+	@echo "Run \"make build-simple-system\" to created the dependency"
+	@false
+
+run-simple-system: sw-simple-hello | $(Vibex_simple_system)
+	build/lowrisc_ibex_ibex_simple_system_0/sim-verilator/Vibex_simple_system \
+		--raminit=$(simple-system-program)
+
+
+# Arty A7 100T
+# Use the following targets:
+# - "build-arty"
+# - "program-arty"
+arty-sw-program = examples/sw/led/led.vmem
+sw-led: $(arty-sw-program)
+
+.PHONY: $(arty-sw-program)
+$(arty-sw-program):
+	make -C examples/sw/led
+
+build-arty: sw-led
+	fusesoc --cores-root=. run --target=synth --setup --build \
+		lowrisc:ibex:top_artya7_100
+
+.PHONY: program-arty
+program-arty:
+	fusesoc --cores-root=. pgm lowrisc:ibex:top_artya7_100
+
+
+# Lint check
+.PHONY: lint-core-tracing
+lint-core-tracing:
+	fusesoc --cores-root . run --target=lint lowrisc:ibex:ibex_core_tracing