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+## This project requires systemC to be compiled with cmake using C++17:
+## cd <systemc directory>
+## mkdir build
+## cd build
+## cmake ../ -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
+## make
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+project(RISCV_TLM)
+
+
+# specify the C++ standard
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+#add_compile_options(-Wall -I. -O3 -std=c++17 -g -Wextra -Wunused-function -Wpedantic)
+add_compile_options(-O3 -g -Wall -Wextra -Wunused-function -Wpedantic)
+
+include_directories(./inc/)
+file(GLOB SRC "./src/*.cpp")
+
+find_package(SystemCLanguage CONFIG REQUIRED)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD ${SystemC_CXX_STANDARD})
+
+
+add_executable(RISCV_TLM ${SRC} )
+target_link_libraries(RISCV_TLM SystemC::systemc)
+
+option(BUILD_DOC "Build documentation" ON)
+find_package(Doxygen)
+if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+    set(DOXYGEN_IN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile)
+    set(DOXYGEN_OUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc)
+    message("Doxygen build started")
+    add_custom_target( doc
+            COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${DOXYGEN_IN}
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${DOXYGEN_OUT}
+            COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen"
+            VERBATIM )
+else (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+    message("Doxygen need to be installed to generate the doxygen documentation")
+endif (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+
+
+