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+CC ?= gcc
+
+PROGRAM=ich_descriptors_tool
+EXTRAINCDIRS = ../../ .
+DEPPATH = .dep
+OBJATH = .obj
+SHAREDSRC = ich_descriptors.c
+SHAREDSRCDIR = ../..
+
+SRC = $(wildcard *.c)
+
+CFLAGS += -Wall
+CFLAGS += -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPPATH)/$(@F).d
+# enables functions that populate the descriptor structs from plain binary dumps
+CFLAGS += -D ICH_DESCRIPTORS_FROM_DUMP
+CFLAGS += $(patsubst %,-I%,$(EXTRAINCDIRS))
+
+OBJ = $(OBJATH)/$(SRC:%.c=%.o)
+
+SHAREDOBJ = $(OBJATH)/$(notdir $(SHAREDSRC:%.c=%.o))
+
+all:$(PROGRAM)
+
+$(OBJ): $(OBJATH)/%.o : %.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+
+# this enables us to share source files without simultaneously sharing .o files
+# with flashrom, which would lead to unexpected results (w/o running make clean)
+$(SHAREDOBJ): $(OBJATH)/%.o : $(SHAREDSRCDIR)/%.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+
+$(PROGRAM): $(OBJ) $(SHAREDOBJ)
+	$(CC) -o $(PROGRAM) $(OBJ) $(SHAREDOBJ)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(PROGRAM)
+	rm -rf $(DEPPATH) $(OBJATH)
+
+# Include the dependency files.
+-include $(shell mkdir -p $(DEPPATH) $(OBJATH) 2>/dev/null) $(wildcard $(DEPPATH)/*)
+
+.PHONY: all clean