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Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 08:22:10 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Alison Wang <alison.wang@nxp.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] ethosu: Add Arm Ethos-U driver
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 01:59:05PM +0800, Alison Wang wrote:
> This series contains Arm's NPU Ethos-U driver for NXP i.MX93 platform.
> 
> Ethos-U Linux driver is to provide an example of how a rich operating
> system like Linux can dispatch inferences to an Arm Cortex-M subsystem,
> consisting of an Arm Cortex-M and an Arm Ethos-U NPU.

What is an "inference"?

Where are the userspace tools (if any) that are needed for this driver
to work properly?

thanks,

greg k-h