diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 46d876384..9d8d8c53c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -153,6 +153,21 @@ To restore: ./scripts/backup_data.sh -a restore -f /mnt/birds/backup-2024-07-09.tar ``` +## x86_64 support* +***x86_64 is not supported.** Not officially anyway. It is mainly there for developers or otherwise more Linux savvy people. +That being said, some pointers: +- Use Debian 12 +- The user needs passwordless sudo +- We use a custom TFLite build that needs AVX2 support. So Intel Haswell or newer, not sure what that means for AMD cpu's, let me know if you do. +- Some people get around the previous point by uninstalling `tflite_runtime` and replacing with `tensorflow` in the `./birdnet` venv. But beware: analysis will be slower, and the older v1 model won't work. + +For Proxmox, a user has reported adding this in their `cpu-models.conf`, in order for the custom TFLite build to work. +``` +cpu-model: BirdNet + flags +sse4.1 + reported-model host +``` + ## Uninstallation ``` /usr/local/bin/uninstall.sh && cd ~ && rm -drf BirdNET-Pi