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# elementala
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acceptable-belgium-2684
09/04/2023, 2:10 PMI guess installing them using a Dockerfile is a no go because it depends on the container build.
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witty-table-40840
09/05/2023, 6:23 AMHi Marco! Hmm if not installing in the container I think you could build it on first boot? using a cloud-init to check if it already exists, otherwise build/install it? Maybe @sticky-tailor-45974 has a better idea..
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sticky-tailor-45974
09/05/2023, 7:09 AMHi Marco, if its an elemental derivative I think I would try to precompile them and install them as part of the Dockerfile. In case it turns to be too difficult or convoluted then I am afraid you should install them as part of an install-hook and upgrade-hook (or OS upgrades). The counterpart of such a process is that you might have to create a derivative including all the installation dependencies, not all of them might be required at runtime.
sticky-tailor-45974
09/05/2023, 7:13 AMSo as a summary you could explore the option of:
1. Create a derivative including the drivers package (or tarball) without installing them
2. Include all installation dependencies as part of the derivative.
3. Include an install and upgrade hook (I'd start with stages
after-install-chrootafter-upgrade-chroot/system/oema
acceptable-belgium-2684
09/06/2023, 4:56 AMI would prefer precompiling it and include it in a dockerfile indeed.. but the whole nvidia building stuff is new to me. Got some pointers but still not a walk in the park. 🙂
acceptable-belgium-2684
09/06/2023, 5:17 AM@witty-table-40840 @sticky-tailor-45974 We came a long way with Elemental the only missing piece is how we can use nvidia drivers on our edge devices.
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witty-table-40840
09/06/2023, 6:26 AM@acceptable-belgium-2684 Glad to hear you came a long way! There has been some interest in the nvidia drivers lately so I will have a look around and see if I can gather some best practices into the documentation!
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acceptable-belgium-2684
09/06/2023, 6:37 AMI got some pointers from a colleague of yours but still hitting a kind of wall to make it easy to consume the drivers. He pointed me to this resource.
https://gitlab.com/nvidia/container-images/driver/-/merge_requests/244/diffs
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