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Google has abandoned the Coral TPU (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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The Coral TPU driver has basically been abandoned by Google so if you are running a Linux kernel newer than 6.2 it will not function.

https://github.com/google/gasket-driver is the original driver which was archived on April 18, 2026

You can try the driver https://github.com/feranick/gasket-driver or https://github.com/dude84/gasket-driver-coral or search through the forks of the original gasket-dkms driver https://github.com/google/gasket-driver/forks

So in the future your options are to pin your kernel to 6.2, upgrade your hardware, hope that someone will keep a gasket-dkms fork updated for newer kernel versions, or make your own fork to do so yourself.

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[–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What is a good m. 2 alternative? I was looking to use my old rx580 but it appears that rocm dropped support for it

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I replaced (sold) my coral usb late last year after using it for 3 years. I upgraded my home server and wanted to go M.2 and noticed that frigate started to support a new chip, with many times the performance of the coral. I went with a Hailo-8. It's been flawless.

    Recommendation: use the .deb driver that Hailo provides, it gets installed via dkms and survives kernel updates.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    I saw the hailo. It is a bit pricey but it seems to be the only option. It is cheaper than a good gpu

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Yes. They have two options, I have the 8, there is also the 8L which is cheaper and still 3X the coral so surely more than enough.

    If you install the official .deb, it's a set-and-forget type experience, pretty great. 6ms inference with 5 full HD cams. I don't even bother with the substreams.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    There aren't any. Nobody is manufacting or developing for these devices because they're slower than the rest of the hardware you already have, see e.g. https://reddit.com/r/frigate_nvr/comments/1os24t4/has_anyone_successfully_used_the_google_coral_m2/

    Your CPU is probably good enough for some stuff like openvino, if it's at all recent. 6th gen Intel is the bare minimum, but obviously newer is better. Or, sell that card and buy a new one. I do, unfortunately, recommend nvidia, since that's what the vast majority of developers are targeting.

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