Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of venice/npu

Timestamp:

09/10/2024 08:21:14 PM (9 days ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

update mainline details (python verisions)

venice/npu

@@ -236 +236 @@
 Therefore to support the NPU you need to build a custom fork of mesa that is being worked on by [https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/ Tomeu Vizoso] with the work being sponsored by [https://ideasonboard.com/ Ideas On board].
 
-On a Gateworks Venice board with an IMX8MP and an Ubuntu root filesystem:
-- update kernel to v6.10 with NPU support
+On a Gateworks Venice board with an IMX8MP and an Ubuntu noble root filesystem:
+- update kernel to v6.10 with NPU support (if using an older kernel)
 {{{#!bash
 # update kernel
@@ -255 +255 @@
 su -l $USER
 }}}
-- to avoid a lot of python dependency issues with tensorflow-lite install an older version of python (python3.9) using the [https://launchpad.net/%7Edeadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa deadsnakes ppa] and create a virtualenv
+- to avoid a lot of python dependency issues with tensorflow-lite install an older version of python using the [https://launchpad.net/%7Edeadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa deadsnakes ppa] and create a virtualenv
 {{{#!bash
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
@@ -265 +265 @@
 source tflite-env/bin/activate
 }}}
-- build mesa (fork with updated teflon support for imx8mp)
+ - Note Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 work, 3.12 does not
+- build mesa (22.2.0-devel fork with updated teflon support for imx8mp)
 {{{#!bash
 # install build deps
@@ -273 +274 @@
 git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/tomeu/mesa.git -b etnaviv-imx8mp mesa
 cd mesa
-# mesa requires meson >= 1.1.0 (newer than jammy's), pycparser >= 2.20, and mako
+# mesa requires meson (v1.1.0 or greater), pycparser (2.20 or greater), and mako
 pip3 install meson pycparser mako
 meson setup build -Dgallium-drivers=etnaviv -Dvulkan-drivers= -Dteflon=true
 meson compile -C build # 20 mins or so on imx8mp
 ldd build/src/gallium/targets/teflon/libteflon.so
-}}}
-- install tensorflow lite runtime
-{{{#!bash
-# install tensorflow lite runtime
+cd ..
+}}}
+- install tensorflow lite runtime (requires python <= 2.11)
+{{{#!bash
 pip3 install tflite_runtime
-# clone tensorflow for some examples and assets used below
-cd
+}}}
+- clone tensorflow for some examples and assets used below
+{{{#!bash
 git clone https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow.git
 }}}
@@ -305 +307 @@
 }}}
 - run tensorflow label_image example:
-{{{#!bash
-# we need to patch the label_image example to use tflite_runtime
+ * first we need to patch the label_image example to use tflite_runtime
+{{{#!bash
 cd ~/tensorflow
 cat <<EOF |
@@ -334 +336 @@
 EOF
 patch -p1
+}}}
+ * now we can run the label_image example:
+{{{#!bash
 # without acceleration (175.993ms on imx8mp)
 python3 ~/tensorflow/tensorflow/lite/examples/python/label_image.py \