System Requirements


Android-based Devices

To use NVIDIA System Profiler with Android-based target devices, you must first:

  1. Have a compatible Android device.

  2. Have a compatible Android OS image.

    To check for the version number of the kernel support of NVIDIA System Profiler on a target device, run the following command from ADB shell:

    cat /proc/quadd/version
    

    Minimal supported version is 1.82.

  3. Install the Android SDK Platform tools.

  4. Install the ADB USB Driver.

  5. Have your target application compiled with the correct flags and packaged with the correct permissions.

System Requirements: Linux-based Devices

Connection to Linux-based target devices is established through SSH. The user on the target device should have permission to run sudo.

Security notice: NVIDIA System Profiler supplies the user's password to the sudo command on the target device every time when requested (using sudo -A). Although NVIDIA System Profiler attempts to prevent other users on the device from accidentally peeking at the password, the tool should not be used in a production environment where security of the device depends of the secrecy of the password.

Security notice: If the target device prompts for password when connecting via SSH, the user may choose to store the password. The password is then stored on the host compured in plain text. This feature should not be used in an environment where security of the device depends on the secrecy of the password.

To check for the version number of the kernel support of NVIDIA System Profiler on a target device, run the following command on the remote device:

cat /proc/quadd/version

Minimal supported version is 1.82.

Additionally, presence of Netcat command (nc) is required on the target device. For example, on Ubuntu this package can be installed using the following command:

sudo apt-get install netcat-openbsd

Host Application

The NVIDIA System Profiler host application runs on the following host platforms:


 

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