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+# 
+# Arch Makefile
+# =============
+# 
+# This makefile is designed to process architecture files
+#
+SHELL = bash
+PYTHON_EXEC ?= python3
+ARCH_UPDATER = ../scripts/arch_file_updater.py
+
+# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
+export COMMENT_EXTRACT
+
+# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
+help:
+	@${PYTHON_EXEC} -c "$$COMMENT_EXTRACT"
+
+v1p1_to_v1p2:
+# This commands will update all the architecture file from v1.1 to v1.2
+	for f in `ls .`; do ${PYTHON_EXEC} ${ARCH_UPDATER} --input_file $${f} --output_file $${f}; done;
+
+# Functions to extract comments from Makefiles
+define COMMENT_EXTRACT
+import re
+with open ('Makefile', 'r' ) as f:
+    matches = re.finditer('^([a-zA-Z-_]*):.*\n#(.*)', f.read(), flags=re.M)
+    for _, match in enumerate(matches, start=1):
+        header, content = match[1], match[2]
+        print(f"  {header:10} {content}")
+endef