Lessons learned from migrating AI accelerator drivers from the kernel to userspace (asg2024)
Chaos Computer Club - archive feed · George Utsin
September 25, 202416m 48s
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Show Notes
The kernel driver is dead; long live the userspace driver! In this talk, we’ll discuss the motivation, challenges and outcomes of migrating drivers for Meta’s AI accelerator chips from the kernel to userspace.
Topics include:
- Managing systemd units at scale
- Experiences of running IPC over D-Bus
- Re-writing the driver in Rust
- The tooling necessary to support a variety of environments
- Overall deprecation challenges and wins
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about this event: https://cfp.all-systems-go.io/all-systems-go-2024/talk/77PFFF/
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