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+# Zephyr Example Application
+
+This repository contains legacy applications and tests examples.
+
+
+## build legacy application
+
+
+### Initialization
+
+The first step is to initialize the workspace folder (``my-workspace``) where
+the examples and all Zephyr modules will be cloned. You can do
+that by running:
+
+```shell
+# initialize my-workspace for the example-application (main branch)
+west init -m https://github.com/OpenAMP/openamp-system-reference --mf examples/legacy_apps/west.yml --mr main my-workspace
+# update modules
+cd my-workspace
+west update
+```
+
+# Build legacy_apps
+
+Legacy apps are moved from open_amp library repository.
+
+```
+export PROJECT_ROOT=$PWD
+```
+
+## Build libmetal
+```
+  $ cd $PROJECT_ROOT/libmetal
+  $ cmake . -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX= $PROJECT_ROOT/target
+  $ make -C build VERBOSE=1
+```
+
+## Build open_amp
+```
+  $ cd $PROJECT_ROOT/open-amp
+  $ cmake . -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=$PROJECT_ROOT/libmetal/build/lib/include/   -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$PROJECT_ROOT/libmetal/build/lib/ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PROJECT_ROOT/target
+  $ make -C build VERBOSE=1 install
+```
+## Build legacy Apps
+```
+  $ cd $PROJECT_ROOT/openamp-system-reference/examples/legacy_apps
+  $ cmake -Bbuild \
+-DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/libmetal/build/lib/include/;$PROJECT_ROOT/open-amp/build/lib/include/" \
+-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/libmetal/build/lib/;$PROJECT_ROOT/open-amp/build/lib/" \
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PROJECT_ROOT/target
+$ make -C build VERBOSE=1 install
+```
+
+## Run application on a Linux PC
+It is possible to run application on a Linux PC to communicate between two Linux processes.
+
+```
+  $ cd $PROJECT_ROOT/target
+  $ echo "################### run ping test #####################"
+  $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./lib  ./bin/rpmsg-echo-static &
+  $ sleep 1
+  $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./lib  ./bin//msg-test-rpmsg-ping-static 1
+  $ 
+  $ echo "################### run ping test #####################"
+  $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./lib  ./bin/rpmsg-nocopy-echo-static &
+  $ sleep 1
+  $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./lib  ./bin//rpmsg-nocopy-ping-static  1
+```
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+# Copyright (c) 2022 STMicroelectronics
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+manifest:
+  remotes:
+    - name: openamp
+      url-base: https://github.com/OpenAMP
+  defaults:
+    remote: openamp
+
+  self:
+    path: openamp-system-reference
+
+  projects:
+    - name: libmetal
+      revision: main
+
+    - name: open-amp
+      revision: main