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Kubernetes-ready Nvidia Orin NX flashing for Jetson 36.3 on a turing-pi2
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setup.sh
# From shit-box
# Need to modify the host doing the flashing
sudo vi /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server
RPCMOUNTDOPTS="--manage-gids --no-nfs-version 4"
sudo reboot
sudo apt install -y qemu-user-static make git-core build-essential bc flex bison ncurses-dev libssl-dev gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
export JETSON_VERSION=36.3
mkdir ~/nvidia
cd ~/nvidia
wget -O bsp.tbz2 -L https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/embedded/l4t/r36_release_v3.0/release/jetson_linux_r$JETSON_VERSION.0_aarch64.tbz2
wget -O rootfs.tbz2 -L https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/embedded/l4t/r36_release_v3.0/release/tegra_linux_sample-root-filesystem_r$JETSON_VERSION.0_aarch64.tbz2
tar -xvpf bsp.tbz2
sudo tar -xvpf rootfs.tbz2 -C Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
# Turing Pi 2 does not have the onboard EEPROM
sed -i 's/cvb_eeprom_read_size = <0x100>/cvb_eeprom_read_size = <0x0>/g' ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/generic/BCT/tegra234-mb2-bct-misc-p3767-0000.dts
cd ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh
sudo ./tools/l4t_flash_prerequisites.sh
sudo ./tools/l4t_create_default_user.sh --accept-license -u ubuntu -p password -a -n jetson1
# Let's modify the kernel before we flash the board.
cd ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/source
./source_sync.sh -k -t jetson_$JETSON_VERSION
cd ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/source/kernel
sudo vim ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/source/kernel/Makefile
29gg
... defconfig
$(MAKE) \
ARCH=arm64 \
-C $(kernel_source_dir) $(O_OPT) \
LOCALVERSION=$(version) \
nconfig
... Image
# Probably smart to take a backup at this point
sudo cp -rp ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra_SYNCED
export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
make kernel
# Dig through the configuration to enable the following features and modules. F8 to search.
#
# CONFIG_NET_CLS_BPF=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=y
# CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP=m
# CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO=y
# CONFIG_IP_SET=m
# CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT=y
# CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_TCP=y
# CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_UDP=y
# CONFIG_IP_VS_RR=m
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEQIV=m
# CONFIG_XFRM_USER=y
# CONFIG_INET_ESP=m
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TPROXY=m
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MARK=m
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SOCKET=m
export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
sudo -E make install
cp ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/source/kernel/kernel-jammy-src/arch/arm64/boot/Image ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra/kernel/Image
# Install OOT modules
cd ~/nvidia/Linux_for_Tegra
sudo ./tools/l4t_update_initrd.sh
# Connect shit-box to turing-pi via usb
# From turing-pi
tpi power off
tpi usb flash --node 4
tpi power on
# From shit-box
lsusb
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 \
-c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_external.xml -p "-c bootloader/generic/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" \
--showlogs --network usb0 --erase-all --flash-only --keep jetson-orin-nano-devkit internal
ssh-copy-id [email protected]
ssh [email protected]
# From jetson1
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y upgrade
sudo shutdown -h now
# From turing-pi
tpi power off --node 4
tpi usb device --node 4
tpi power on --node 4
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dudo commented Feb 25, 2024 •
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Follow-ups

  • NVIDIA Container Runtime

    We're not actually installing Docker, but we still need to ensure the container runtime is available.

    distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \
&& curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \
&& curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \
      sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \
      sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y nvidia-container-toolkit runc

sudo reboot

# # # #
# Verify
# # # #

nvidia-smi

nvidia-container-runtime -v

  • jtop

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y python3-pip

sudo pip3 install -U jetson-stats

sudo reboot

# # # #
# Verify
# # # #

jtop

  • NVIDIA CUDA

    sudo apt-key del 7fa2af80
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/arm64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install cuda-toolkit
sudo apt-get install nvidia-gds

echo 'PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}' >> ~/.profile
echo 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}' >> ~/.profile

sudo reboot

# # # #
# Verify
# # # #

sudo jetson_release -v

cd ~/nvidia
git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-samples.git
cd cuda-samples/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery
sudo make

./deviceQuery

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dudo commented May 9, 2024

Validate Kernel flags

REQUIRED_CONFIGS=(
  CONFIG_BPF
  CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
  CONFIG_NET_CLS_BPF
  CONFIG_BPF_JIT
  CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
  CONFIG_NET_SCH_INGRESS
  CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1
  CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH
  CONFIG_CGROUPS
  CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF
  CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
  CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
  CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TPROXY
  CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CT
  CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MARK
  CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SOCKET
  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
  CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP
  CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO
  CONFIG_IP_SET
  CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT
  CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_TCP
  CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_UDP
  CONFIG_IP_VS_RR
  CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEQIV
  CONFIG_XFRM_USER
  CONFIG_INET_ESP
)

for config in "${REQUIRED_CONFIGS[@]}"
do
    zcat /proc/config.gz | grep "${config}[ =]"
done

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elCalvoMike commented Oct 30, 2024

thanks for putting this all together. massive help with a few items I missed when configuring my own turingpi 2.5

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