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MicroTVM Device Python Package

A python package for managing microTVM devices on a server for the purpose of hardware CI testing, autotuning, etc.

Dependencies

Main software dependency for this package is VirtualBox since we use vboxmanage commands to manage device fleet, attach/detach them to/from the virtual boxes. In addition, the list of python dependencies are in pyproject.toml file.

Installation

PyPi Package

pip3 install microtvm_device

Install from source

Install poetry package to be able to build the pyproject. Then follow these steps to build the wheel package locally:

cd microtvm-device
poetry build

The wheel package is generates under microtvm-device/dist. You can use pip3 to install it on your machine.

pip3 install microtvm-device/dist/microtvm_device...

Setup Device Server

To run the device server run command bellow with a JSON file including information about various devices. Here is a template of JSON file.

python3 -m microtvm_device.device_server --table-file=[DEVICE TABLE JSON FILE] <--port=[SERVER PORT]>

Note: If you are using the server in an envrionment with multiple users using VirtualBox, server should be run on an account with `sudo` access to all account to be able to inquery the USB attachments with any VirtualBox instance.

Use Device Client

After running server you can run various command using device_client. Command includes attach, detach, release, request and query.

python3 -m microtvm_device.device_client <--port=[SERVER PORT]> COMMAND