Jetson Setup for VPI

The following instructions are for running compute on Jetson device’s PVA accelerator. The steps are required to run on Jetson device outside a docker container.

1. Generate CDI Spec for GPU/PVA:

   Ensure NVIDIA Container Toolkit is installed on the Jetson device. Use the following command to generate the CDI spec:

   sudo nvidia-ctk cdi generate --mode=csv --output=/etc/cdi/nvidia.yaml
   

2. Install pva-allow-2 package:

   # Add Jetson public APT repository
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
   sudo apt-key adv --fetch-key https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/jetson-ota-public.asc
   sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/common r36.4 main'
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install -y pva-allow-2