aaronmarkham commented on a change in pull request #11562: [MXNET-244] Update RaspberryPI instructions URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/11562#discussion_r200507312
########## File path: docs/install/index.md ########## @@ -1889,9 +1889,38 @@ MXNet supports the Debian based Raspbian ARM based operating system so you can r These instructions will walk through how to build MXNet for the Raspberry Pi and install the Python bindings for the library. +You can do a dockerized cross compilation build on your local machine or a native build on-device + The complete MXNet library and its requirements can take almost 200MB of RAM, and loading large models with the library can take over 1GB of RAM. Because of this, we recommend running MXNet on the Raspberry Pi 3 or an equivalent device that has more than 1 GB of RAM and a Secure Digital (SD) card that has at least 4 GB of free memory. -**Install MXNet** +**Cross compilation build (Experimental)** + +## Docker installation +**Step 1** Install Docker on your machine by following the [docker installation instructions](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository). + +*Note* - You can install Community Edition (CE) + +**Step 2** [Optional] Post installation steps to manage Docker as a non-root user. + +Follow the four steps in this [docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/linux-postinstall/#manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user) to allow managing docker containers without *sudo*. + +## Build +```bash +ci/build.py -p armv7 +``` +This will build a container with dependencies and tools and then compile MXNet for ARMv7. The Review comment: Move that up above the command. The following command will build... ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
