The host application can be built using the Makefile that is provided with the tutorial. As mentioned earlier, the host application has two versions: the first version takes input images to process, the second can generate random data that will be processed as images.
The top-level Makefile includes a file called make_options.mk. This file provides most of the options that can be used to generate different host builds and kernel versions for emulation modes. It also provides a way to launch emulation with a specific number of test images. The details of the options provided by this file are as follows: