Build Coral Gasket DKMS Driver with a Container Build Env
Build the Google Coral Gasket DKMS driver using a containerized build environment.
Due to some signs of abandonment by Google, the Gasket driver build process has become less simple as there are some requirements that are only met by using an older version of Debian or Ubuntu to perform the build.
The Gasket driver is a hard requirement for use of the mini PCIe and M.2 Google Coral TPU devices, which I am specifically using with Frigate NVR for object detection.
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The specific build environment requirements make for a good opportunity to use a container for this process so we don't have to setup an instance with an older OS or attempt workarounds on a newer OS.
https://gitlab.largenut.com/largenut/gasket-driver/-/packages/
I'm going over the process for using a container as the build environment for building the Coral gasket driver .deb package for Ubuntu or Debian usage.
Setting up the Dockerfile
mkdir -p /opt/gasket
cd /opt/gasket
vi Dockerfile
Paste the following Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:22.04
ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
RUN set -ex \
&& sed -i -- 's/# deb-src/deb-src/g' /etc/apt/sources.list \
&& apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
build-essential \
cdbs \
git \
dkms \
devscripts \
equivs \
fakeroot \
&& git clone https://github.com/google/gasket-driver.git \
&& apt-get clean \
&& rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
&& cd gasket-driver \
&& debuild -us -uc -tc -b
Save the Dockerfile for use in the container image build step.
Dockerfile credit – 5Wp6WJaZrk on Reddit
Build the container image
docker build -t gasket-buld-env -f Dockerfile .
This builds the image that we will run the container to perform the build of the Gasket driver .deb package.
Run the build container & build the Gasket .deb package
docker run --name gasket gasket-buld-env
docker cp gasket:/gasket-dkms_1.0-18_all.deb .
This runs the built container image, when this runs the container is going to perform the build. Once this is complete, you copy the resulting .deb file from the container to your local directory.
ls -lah /opt/gasket | grep .deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49K Jun 18 16:45 gasket-dkms_1.0-18_all.deb
Install the Gasket DKMS driver for Coral
# Install dependencies
sudo apt install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)
# Install package
sudo dpkg -i gasket-dkms_1.0-18_all.deb
Loading the module & Verifying the Coral is usable
# Load the gasket and apex modules
sudo modprobe gasket
sudo modprobe apex
# Verify Gasket and Apex are loaded
lsmod | grep gasket
lsmod | grep apex
# Check for gasket devices -- may not exist if using only a Coral, this is normal to not see.
ls -la /dev/gasket*
# Check for apex devices -- Coral devices
ls -la /dev/apex*
The output should look like this:
ls -la /dev/apex*
crw-rw---- 1 root root 120, 0 Jun 20 11:53 /dev/apex_0
We can also confirm that the Coral shows with 'lscpi'
lspci | grep Coral
02:00.0 System peripheral: Global Unichip Corp. Coral Edge TPU
Frigate Coral Detector Metrics
Gasket Driver Source
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