TechNexion Intel IPU7 Camera Deployment for Panther Lake

This repository builds and packages the Intel IPU7 camera stack and the TechNexion Linux kernel for Panther Lake platforms.

The build process produces a self-contained deployment bundle containing:

• TechNexion Linux kernel Debian package
• Intel IPU7 camera userspace Debian package
• Target installation script

Branches

Branch	Camera configuration	Kernel overlay branch
main	Standard TechNexion Panther Lake build	main
lexcom	Lexcom-specific build	lexcom

Kernel configurations and patches are provided by:

TechNexion-Vision/tn-intel-linux-kernel-overlay

The matching kernel overlay branch is selected automatically by ptl-camera.sh.

Build Requirements

Use an Ubuntu x86-64 build host with:

• Git
• Docker
• Debian packaging tools
• Linux kernel build dependencies
• Sufficient disk space for a complete kernel build

The complete build can take a significant amount of time and disk space.

Standard Build

git clone https://github.com/TechNexion-Vision/tn-intel-camera-deploy.git
cd tn-intel-camera-deploy
git switch main

./ptl-camera.sh --all

This builds the standard Panther Lake package using the main branch of tn-intel-linux-kernel-overlay.

Lexcom Build

Use a separate working directory to avoid mixing build outputs:

git clone --branch lexcom \
  https://github.com/TechNexion-Vision/tn-intel-camera-deploy.git \
  tn-intel-camera-deploy-lexcom

cd tn-intel-camera-deploy-lexcom
./ptl-camera.sh --all

This builds the Lexcom package using the lexcom branch of tn-intel-linux-kernel-overlay.

Build Process

With --all, ptl-camera.sh performs the following operations:

1. Clones the Intel IPU7 camera components and the matching kernel overlay.
2. Builds the camera userspace components in Docker.
3. Builds the TechNexion Linux kernel Debian package.
4. Creates the IPU7 camera userspace Debian package.
5. Creates the final deployment bundle.

Running ./ptl-camera.sh without --all only rebuilds the camera package and deployment bundle from an existing build tree.

Output

After a successful build:

ptl-camera-out/ipu7-camera-ptl.deb
ptl-camera-out/tn-camera-ptl.tar.gz

tn-camera-ptl.tar.gz is the final deployment bundle. It contains:

tn-camera-ptl/
├── install.sh
├── ipu7-camera-ptl.deb
└── linux-image-*.deb

Install on the Target

Copy the deployment bundle to the target:

scp ptl-camera-out/tn-camera-ptl.tar.gz <user>@<TARGET_IP>:~/

Log in to the target and install it:

ssh <user>@<TARGET_IP>
tar xf tn-camera-ptl.tar.gz
sudo ./tn-camera-ptl/install.sh
sudo reboot

After rebooting, the target loads the newly installed kernel and IPU7 camera stack.

Notes

• Do not reuse the same build directory between main and lexcom.
• Camera firmware is not included; the target operating system provides the required firmware.
• Upstream Intel camera components remain subject to their respective licenses.