Building tensorflow on Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

[samjabrahams]

Building tensorflow on Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

[samjabrahams]

@e-lin
First, to answer your questions:

1. No, I'm using a 16 GB SD card.
2. The total size of all cloned repositories (protobuf, bazel, and tensorflow) after compiling is 1.1 GB, with the Bazel repository taking up about 300 MB, and the binary itself is about 74 MB (75237124). It looks like you didn't end up with a complete binary.

After finishing the full installation process, there were close to 8 GB of memory used between the new binaries and Raspbian. I'd recommend trying with a larger SD card and seeing if it compiles properly. If you're still having issues, let me know and we can work through it together.

With regards to uploading the Bazel binary: unfortunately, distributing the Bazel binary is not quite as simple as just sending the one file, and I won't have the time to properly create a Bazel distribution for several weeks. Additionally, I'm working on building Bazel 0.2 for Raspberry Pi, and I'd like to wait until I accomplish that before working on a distribution. I actually should double check how easy it is to distribute this binary before claiming this. I'm pretty sure there's more to it than just sending the binary, but I'll look into it.

[e-lin]

I changed to use a 32 GB SD card. The upshot was that I finished it all at one go.
Closing this now.

[samjabrahams]

Glad to hear it's working now. I'll make a note in the guide to use a 16GB or larger SD card.