hailo8 not acceptable detector type

[bipple294]

Describe the problem you are having

I recently got a Hailo-8, not a Hailo-8L. When i went to configure Frigate with it as a detector, it does not allow "hailo8" as a type and only accepts "hailo8l". Will this cause any impact as the model i requested was for a Hailo-8 not 8L? fwiw it does seem to be working fine with the type set to hailo8l with an inference speed of about 8ms.

Version

0.16.2-4d58206

Frigate config file

detectors:
  hailo8:
    type: hailo8l
    device: PCIe

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

Pulled from unRaid app store.

Relevant Frigate log output

Your configuration is invalid.
See the official documentation at docs.frigate.video.

Line Unknown:  - Input tag 'hailo8' found using 'type' does not match any of the expected tags: 'cpu', 'deepstack', 'edgetpu', 'hailo8l', 'onnx', 'openvino', 'rknn', 'tensorrt'

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

Other

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

Using type: hailo8l for your Hailo-8 hardware is correct and will not cause any issues(1)(2). The Hailo detector in Frigate supports both Hailo-8 and Hailo-8L hardware using the same hailo8l detector type(1)(3)(4).

The integration automatically detects your hardware architecture via the Hailo CLI and selects the appropriate default model if no custom model is specified(1). When you configure the detector with type: hailo8l, Frigate will automatically download the correct default model based on your detected hardware(1):

• For Hailo-8 hardware: Uses YOLOv6n (default: yolov6n.hef)(1)
• For Hailo-8L hardware: Uses YOLOv6n (default: yolov6n.hef)(1)

Your configuration is correct:

detectors:
  hailo8:
    type: hailo8l
    device: PCIe

(1)

The 8ms inference speed you're seeing is excellent and indicates your Hailo-8 is working properly(1). The detector type name hailo8l is simply the configuration key and doesn't limit functionality for Hailo-8 hardware(2).

📚 Sources:

1. Supported Hardware
2. [Bug]: [0.16.0‑beta1] Config validator rejects type: hailo8 (accepts only hailo8l)
3. Supported Hardware
4. Hailo8 support (Not Hailo8L)

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