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+# Using HPVM
+The below benchmarks are provided with HPVM, along with a template Makefile for user projects. 
+
+In order to be able to build the existing benchmarks, a new `Makefile.config` must be created in [include](/hpvm/test/benchmarks/include) based on the existing `Makefile.config.example`. This configuration file must set up the following paths:
+* LLVM_BUILD_DIR: should point to your local `build` directory of HPVM.
+* HPVM_BENCH_DIR: should point to this benchmakrs directory.
+* CUDA_PATH: should point to your local CUDA installation.
+
+## Parboil
+Instructions to compile and run Parboil are provided in the following [README](/hpvm/test/benchmarks/parboil).
+
+## Harvard Camera Pipeline (HPVM-CAVA)
+Instructions to compile and run HPVM-CAVA are provided in the following [README](/hpvm/test/benchmarks/hpvm-cava).
+
+## Edge Detection Pipeline
+Instructions to compile and run Pipeline are provided in the following [README](/hpvm/test/benchmarks/pipeline).
+
+## Your own project
+See `template/` for an example Makefile and config.
+Include `hpvm.h` to use HPVM C api functions, found in the `include/hpvm.h`.