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Rockchip "Rocket" NPU kernel driver & mesa teflon delegate by @tomeu on v6.18 - I made a docker image with the userspace needed for quick testing at https://github.com/rpardini/mesa-teflon-etnaviv-rocket-docker

Tomeu Vizoso Jul 28, 2025

The rocket NPU driver has been accepted in mainline Linux!

https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2025/07/rockchip-npu-update-6-we-are-in-mainline.html

Rockchip NPU update 6: We are in mainline!

The kernel portion of the Linux driver for the Rockchip NPUs has been merged into the maintainer tree , and will be sent in the next pull re...

Tomeu Vizoso May 19, 2025

@gfxstrand Hi! Wanted to ask you if you were able to think about the addition of a tensor data type to NIR.

Tomeu Vizoso May 12, 2025

Finally found time to continue work on the Rockchip NPU. Plan to give this a strong push in the next few months:

https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2025/05/rockchip-npu-update-5-progress-on.html

#rockchip #rk3588 #machinelearning #npu #mesa3d #kernel #linux #mainline #tensorflow

Rockchip NPU update 5: Progress on the kernel driver

It has been almost a year since my last update on the Rockchip NPU, and though I'm a bit sad that I haven't had more time to work on it, I...

Tomeu Vizoso Nov 16, 2024

Found some time to write a short update on a recent accomplishment:

https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2024/11/etnaviv-npu-update-21-support-for-npu.html

#ideasonboard #etnaviv #linux #mainline #opensource

Etnaviv NPU update 21: Support for the NPU in the NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC is upstream!

Several months have passed since the last update . This has been in part due to the summer holidays and a gig doing some non-upstream work, ...

Tomeu Vizoso Jul 31, 2024

One more step towards mainline support for the NPU in the NXP I.MX 8M Plus

https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2024/07/etnaviv-npu-update-20-fast-object.html

#ideasonboard #etnaviv #linux #mainline #opensource #machinelearning #npu

Etnaviv NPU update 20: Fast object detection on the NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC

I'm happy to announce that my first project regarding support for the NPU in NXP's i.MX 8M Plus SoC has reached the feature complete stage. ...

Tomeu Vizoso Jul 19, 2024

The organizers of this year's Linux Plumbers Conference have accepted my proposal to hold a Birds of a Feather session (kind of a round table) on "Accelerating ML with mainline".

Hope to see you there!

See LKML for the agenda:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAAObsKAw1[email protected]/#t

#LinuxPlumbers #Linux

DRM Accel BoF at Linux Plumbers - Tomeu Vizoso

Tomeu Vizoso Jun 28, 2024

Ideas on Board Oy is sponsoring support in the Etnaviv driver for the NPU in the NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC.

https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2024/06/etnaviv-npu-update-19-ideas-on-board.html

#ideasonboard #etnaviv #linux #mainline #opensource #machinelearning #npu

Etnaviv NPU update 19: Ideas On Board sponsors support for the NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC

Last week I started work on adding support to the Etnaviv driver for the NPU inside the NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC (VeriSilicon's VIPNano-SI+). Th...

Tomeu Vizoso Jun 14, 2024

Lup Yuen Lee 李立源 Jun 12, 2024

"Arm warns of actively exploited flaw in Mali GPU kernel drivers" (#Android)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arm-warns-of-actively-exploited-flaw-in-mali-gpu-kernel-drivers/

Arm warns of actively exploited flaw in Mali GPU kernel drivers

Arm has issued a security bulletin warning of a memory-related vulnerability in Bifrost and Valhall GPU kernel drivers that is being exploited in the wild.

BleepingComputer

Tomeu Vizoso Jun 13, 2024

The kernel driver for the Rockchip RK3588 NPU has been submitted to the Linux kernel.

https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2024/06/rockchip-npu-update-4-kernel-driver-for.html

#rk3588 #kernel #npu #rockchip #tensorflow

Rockchip NPU update 4: Kernel driver for the RK3588 NPU submitted to mainline

In the past few weeks I have been working on among other things a kernel driver for the NPU in the Rockchip RK3588 SoC, new from the ground...