Google has abandoned the Coral TPU

2026-05-03 17:55 UTC

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. github.com/google/gasket-driver is the original driver which was archived on April 18, 2026 You can try the driver github.com/feranick/gasket-driver or github.com/dude84/gasket-driver-coral or search through the forks of the original gasket-dkms driver 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.

Replies (12)

@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-03 18:29

Technology websites should just add a top level menu - "Google Abandoned"

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@Archer@lemmy.world 2026-05-04 01:33

Glad Google decided to kill this before I got one for frigate lol

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@Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2026-05-03 18:24

that's fine, I'm abandoning Google

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@Nephalis@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-03 19:08

Well, good to know. I planned to buy one and attach it to my homeserver ಠ╭╮ಠ I think this plan needs to be replaced.

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@dmtalon@infosec.pub 2026-05-03 19:12

Great, I bought one like 6mo ago and have it running on frigate...

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@amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 2026-05-04 02:48

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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@alibloke@feddit.uk 2026-05-03 20:54

The feranick fork works just fine, even on kernel v7

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@paraphrand@lemmy.world 2026-05-03 18:24

I wonder, is it due to architecture limitations? They don’t see a roadmap ahead for it anymore in light of changing AI hardware demands? I assume the hardware is end of life and not just the Linux driver.

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@5in1k@lemmy.zip 2026-05-05 09:49

Of course. Because I just got one setup.

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@lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-03 19:37

It's only Google

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@amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 2026-05-05 22:24

have you guys seen this discussion? https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/discussions/18564#discussioncomment-13368028

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@MuttMutt@lemmy.world 2026-05-04 00:23

https://github.com/feranick/gasket-driver is the best option for now. But you also need the same gcc version installed as what was used to compile the kernel.

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