--- title: Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX | daily.dev description: The reverse-engineered open-source Etnaviv driver, which provides accelerated graphics and NPU support for Vivante GPU/NPU IP, can now run the YOLOX object... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-etnaviv-driver-now-able-to-run-yolox-wtkobcrwb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX | daily.dev og:description: The reverse-engineered open-source Etnaviv driver, which provides accelerated graphics and NPU support for Vivante GPU/NPU IP, can now run the YOLOX object... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-etnaviv-driver-now-able-to-run-yolox-wtkobcrwb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WtKobcrWb.png og:image:alt: Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The reverse-engineered open-source Etnaviv driver, which provides accelerated graphics and NPU support for Vivante GPU/NPU IP, can now run the YOLOX object detection model. Developer Tomeu Vizoso, who leads Etnaviv's AI/NPU work and Mesa's Teflon framework, brought up YOLOX on Vivante VIP NPUs like those in the NXP i.MX8M Plus. YOLOX is more capable than the previously supported SSDLite MobileDet model, and additional operations were added to the driver to make this possible. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does the open-source Etnaviv driver support running YOLOX on Vivante NPUs? Yes, the Etnaviv driver stack now runs YOLOX object detection on Vivante VIP NPUs, such as the one found in the NXP i.MX8M Plus. This is an upgrade from the previously supported SSDLite MobileDet model, made possible after developer Tomeu Vizoso added various new operations and other changes to the reverse-engineered driver. _Track open-source NPU driver progress like Etnaviv's YOLOX support on daily.dev._ ### What NPU model support did Etnaviv have before adding YOLOX? Before YOLOX, the Etnaviv driver supported the SSDLite MobileDet object detection model on Vivante NPU hardware. YOLOX is a more capable model, and getting it running required additional operations and driver changes beyond what SSDLite MobileDet needed, making YOLOX the new flagship model for the driver stack. _Follow embedded NPU driver capability updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ultralytics Optimizes YOLO26 for Intel OpenVINO](https://daily.dev/posts/ultralytics-optimizes-yolo26-for-intel-openvino-ljsupzlmx) · Embedded.com · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [At Least Two New Open-Source NPU Accelerator Drivers Expected In 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/at-least-two-new-open-source-npu-accelerator-drivers-expected-in-2026-vv8n8e1lq) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Train YOLO26 for Retail Object Detection on DigitalOcean GPUs](https://daily.dev/posts/train-yolo26-for-retail-object-detection-on-digitalocean-gpus-8e9osvjze) · DigitalOcean Community · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Evaluation and Mobile Integration of Object Detection Models in AI-Based Industrial Training](https://daily.dev/posts/evaluation-and-mobile-integration-of-object-detection-models-in-ai-based-industrial-training-02ca98n96) · InfoSec Write-ups · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline Linux](https://daily.dev/posts/reverse-engineering-brings-rk3576-npu-support-to-open-source-rocket-driver-for-mainline-linux-t083hlhhd) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#computer-vision](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-vision) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-etnaviv-driver-now-able-to-run-yolox-wtkobcrwb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-etnaviv-driver-now-able-to-run-yolox-wtkobcrwb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-etnaviv-driver-now-able-to-run-yolox-wtkobcrwb"},"datePublished":"2026-08-22T10:11:09.283Z","dateModified":"2026-08-22T10:11:34.808Z","description":"The reverse-engineered open-source Etnaviv driver, which provides accelerated graphics and NPU support for Vivante GPU/NPU IP, can now run the YOLOX object...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-etnaviv-driver-now-able-to-run-yolox-wtkobcrwb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux,computer-vision","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Open-Source Etnaviv Driver Now Able To Run YOLOX"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-etnaviv-driver-now-able-to-run-yolox-wtkobcrwb#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does the open-source Etnaviv driver support running YOLOX on Vivante NPUs?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, the Etnaviv driver stack now runs YOLOX object detection on Vivante VIP NPUs, such as the one found in the NXP i.MX8M Plus. 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