In this blog, I provide a guide to installing MLNX_OFED from source on Arm Servers. This is required for using userspace network stacks, e.g. VPP, or any DPDK based networking stack.
Develop machine learning applications on Cortex-A at Arm TechCon 2018
Arm TechCon 2018 is coming. One highlight is a hands-on workshop with Cortex-A CPU and Mali Graphics technology: Accelerating and Optimizing Machine Learning on Arm Cortex-A, on October 17.
Accelerating ML Collaboration with Arm NN and Linaro
Arm is donating the Arm NN inference engine and software developer kit to Linaro’s Machine Intelligence Initiative, and opening it to external contributions.
Pre-built GNU8 cross-toolchain by Arm for the A-profile Architecture now available
We are pleased to announce the first Arm's release of pre-built GNU cross-toolchain for the A-profile cores - GCC 8.2-2018.08.
Streamline performance analysis using local capture mode
After writing Streamline performance analyzer for Android application profiling it turns out some Android devices restrict the use of TCP sockets and this causes gatord to fail in daemon mode. Local capture…
Analyzing the performance of RTOS-based systems using Streamline
This tutorial shows how to analyze the performance of an RTOS-based system using Streamline. Streamline can reveal which functions in your system are costing the most time, as well as showing you thread…
Implementing Embedded Continuous Integration with Jenkins and Docker: Part 1
After reading through this blog series, you and your team will be armed with the knowledge to create a customized, consistent, and automated embedded software development workflow.
Streamline performance analyzer for Android application profiling
DS-5 Development Studio 5.29 updates Streamline performance analyzer to version 6.7. To demonstrate the new application profiling features let’s go through the steps to use Streamline on an Android app…
The Importance of a flourishing development tool ecosystem
One of the major attractions of adopting the Arm Cortex-M architecture is the healthy ecosystem of hardware and software development tools that support all Arm-based products. Most engineers prefer to…
Configuring The MacchiatoBin For Kubernetes and Swarm
In this post, we show how to configure a Marvell MacchiatoBin for Kubernetes and Docker Swarm.
Using Arm Musca board with DS-5
Arm has released the Musca development platform, a dual-core Cortex-M33 platform and reference platform for the PSA framework. Arm had support for this platform within Keil MDK and now adds similar support…
Architecture Agnostic Container Build Systems
In this post, we will show a few real-world examples of how to make a container build system architecture agnostic.
GNU toolchain performance in 2018
2017 and 2018 were big years for the GNU toolchain on Arm. The GCC compiler and glibc C library were greatly optimised for performance. Read on to learn what to expect from the latest releases.
Running bare metal software on the Raspberry Pi 3 using Arm DS-5
This blog explains how to use Arm DS-5 and DSTREAM-ST to run and debug AArch64 bare metal software compiled with Arm Compiler 6 on the Raspberry Pi 3
Understanding Overlay Networks In Cloud Deployments
In this post, we discuss overlay networks in cloud deployments. We will also walkthrough examples of VXLAN and BGP implementations of overlays.
Develop software with the Arm Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) and Arm Fast Models
There are multiple ways to attain the goal of running Linux SVE applications, but one way is to perform the following steps.
Arm Forge and Performance Reports – 18.1.1 available
18.1.1 release for Arm Forge and Arm Performance Reports is available with enhancements to improve the behaviour of Arm DDT debugger and Arm MAP profiler
Changing Exception Level and Security State with an Armv8-A Fixed Virtual Platform
In this blog we will discuss the architectural features of Exception level and Security state in more detail. You may find it easier to download the code
Migrate to Arm Compiler 6 from gcc
Previously there was a reasonably high barrier to change, but Arm tools can now readily consume GNU assembler and C constructs, allowing you to more easily use the highly optimizing Arm Compiler in your…
Retargeting and Enabling Exceptions with an ELF Image
Retargeting semihosting procedures and enabling hardware interrupt based functionality to an embedded system running in an emulator
Build and run Linaro deliverables with Arm Fast Models
This article provides some confidence that the Linaro deliverables can be adapted when a project is a little different from the default assumptions.