Software compilaton tests in CI/CD

.github/workflows/compile_software.yaml

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+# A work-flow for compiling the Coyote software examples; for now, we are testing on Ubuntu 20.04
+# This checks no extreme breaking changes were done in the examples & software, i.e. at least it compiles
+name: Compile software
+
+# Run on every push, makes dev and PR reviews easier
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  compile-software:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # Create the folder for builds
+    - name: Create directory
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && pwd && ls && ls examples_sw/
+
+    # kmeans
+    - name: Compile kmeans
+      run:
+        ls examples_sw && rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=kmeans -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # Multi-threading
+    - name: Compile multi-threading
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=multithreading -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # Perf FPGA
+    - name: Compile perf FPGA
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=perf_fpga -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # Perf local
+    - name: Compile perf local
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=perf_local -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # Reconfigure shell
+    - name: Compile reconfigure shell
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=reconfigure_shell -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # Streaming client
+    - name: Compile streaming client
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=streaming_client -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # Streaming server
+    - name: Compile streaming server
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=streaming_server -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # TCP
+    - name: Compile TCP benchmark
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=tcp_iperf -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # RDMA client
+    - name: Compile RDMA client
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=rdma_client -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+    # RDMA server
+    - name: Compile RDMA server
+      run:
+        rm examples_sw/build/* && cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=rdma_server -DVERBOSITY=ON && make