MLIA-595 Remove old backend configuration mechanism

- Remove old backend configuration code
- Install backends into directory ~/.mlia
- Rename targets/backends in registry to make it consistent
  across codebase.

Change-Id: I9c8b012fe863280f1c692940c0dcad3ef638aaae

19 files changed, 1 insertions, 386 deletions

diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/SYSTEMS.txt b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/SYSTEMS.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3861769..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/SYSTEMS.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-This directory contains the configuration files of the system backends.
-
-Supported systems:
-
- * FVP Corstone-300 Ecosystem
- * FVP Corstone-310 Ecosystem
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300-vht/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300-vht/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bc12c7..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300-vht/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-300: Cortex-M55+Ethos-U55",
-    "description": "Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U55 functional model implementations based on Corstone-300 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U55",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M55+Ethos-U55"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "/opt/VHT/VHT_Corstone_SSE-300_Ethos-U55 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U55 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "32",
-            "64",
-            "128",
-            "256"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "256",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-300: Cortex-M55+Ethos-U65",
-    "description": "Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U65 functional model implementations based on Corstone-300 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U65",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M55+Ethos-U65"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "/opt/VHT/VHT_Corstone_SSE-300_Ethos-U65 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U65 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "256",
-            "512"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "512",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300-vht/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300-vht/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300-vht/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c27c6f5..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-300: Cortex-M55+Ethos-U55",
-    "description": "Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U55 functional model implementations based on Corstone-300 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U55",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M55+Ethos-U55"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "FVP_Corstone_SSE-300_Ethos-U55 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U55 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "32",
-            "64",
-            "128",
-            "256"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "256",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-300: Cortex-M55+Ethos-U65",
-    "description": "Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U65 functional model implementations based on Corstone-300 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U65",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M55+Ethos-U65"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "FVP_Corstone_SSE-300_Ethos-U65 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U65 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "256",
-            "512"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "512",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-300/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310-vht/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310-vht/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dcb105a..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310-vht/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-310: Cortex-M85+Ethos-U55",
-    "description": "Cortex-M85 and Ethos-U55 functional model implementations based on Corstone-310 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U55",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M85+Ethos-U55"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "/opt/VHT/VHT_Corstone_SSE-310 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U55 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "32",
-            "64",
-            "128",
-            "256"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "256",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-310: Cortex-M85+Ethos-U65",
-    "description": "Cortex-M85 and Ethos-U65 functional model implementations based on Corstone-310 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U65",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M85+Ethos-U65"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "/opt/VHT/VHT_Corstone_SSE-310_Ethos-U65 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U65 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "256",
-            "512"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "512",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310-vht/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310-vht/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310-vht/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f4f89b..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-310: Cortex-M85+Ethos-U55",
-    "description": "Cortex-M85 and Ethos-U55 functional model implementations based on Corstone-310 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U55",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M85+Ethos-U55"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "FVP_Corstone_SSE-310 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U55 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "32",
-            "64",
-            "128",
-            "256"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "256",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "Corstone-310: Cortex-M85+Ethos-U65",
-    "description": "Cortex-M85 and Ethos-U65 functional model implementations based on Corstone-310 design for MPS3 board.",
-    "annotations": {
-      "ip_class": "Ethos-U65",
-      "sim_type": "FM",
-      "variant": "Cortex-M85+Ethos-U65"
-    },
-    "commands": {
-      "run": [
-        "FVP_Corstone_SSE-310_Ethos-U65 -a {software.variables:eval_app} {user_params:input_file}@0x90000000 -C {user_params:mac} -C mps3_board.telnetterminal0.start_telnet=0 -C mps3_board.uart0.out_file='-' -C mps3_board.uart0.shutdown_on_eot=1 -C mps3_board.visualisation.disable-visualisation=1 --stat"
-      ]
-    },
-    "user_params": {
-      "run": [
-        {
-          "name": "--data",
-          "description": "Full file name for a custom model. Model must be in TensorFlow Lite format compiled with Vela.",
-          "values": [],
-          "alias": "input_file"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "ethosu.num_macs=",
-          "description": "Arm Ethos-U65 configuration - the number represents MACs per cycle.",
-          "values": [
-            "256",
-            "512"
-          ],
-          "default_value": "512",
-          "alias": "mac"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backend_configs/systems/corstone-310/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/APPLICATIONS.txt b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/APPLICATIONS.txt
index ca1003b..dd7ffdd 100644
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/APPLICATIONS.txt
+++ b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/APPLICATIONS.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022-2023, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 This directory contains the application packages for the Generic Inference
 Runner.
-
-Each package should contain its own backend-config.json file.
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d8c928..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Generic Inference Runner: Ethos-U55",
-    "description": "This application allows running inferences using custom NN TensorFlow Lite models on Ethos-U. No data pre-/post-processing is executed.",
-    "supported_systems": [
-      {
-        "name": "Corstone-300: Cortex-M55+Ethos-U55"
-      }
-    ],
-    "variables": {
-      "eval_app": "{software.config_dir}/ethos-u-inference_runner.axf"
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 22ba2d9..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Generic Inference Runner: Ethos-U65",
-    "description": "This application allows running inferences using custom NN TensorFlow Lite models on Ethos-U. No data pre-/post-processing is executed.",
-    "supported_systems": [
-      {
-        "name": "Corstone-300: Cortex-M55+Ethos-U65"
-      }
-    ],
-    "variables": {
-      "eval_app": "{software.config_dir}/ethos-u-inference_runner.axf"
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-300-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ee996..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Generic Inference Runner: Ethos-U55",
-    "description": "This application allows running inferences using custom NN TensorFlow Lite models on Ethos-U. No data pre-/post-processing is executed.",
-    "supported_systems": [
-      {
-        "name": "Corstone-310: Cortex-M85+Ethos-U55"
-      }
-    ],
-    "variables": {
-      "eval_app": "{software.config_dir}/ethos-u-inference_runner.axf"
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U55-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 21d8239..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Generic Inference Runner: Ethos-U65",
-    "description": "This application allows running inferences using custom NN TensorFlow Lite models on Ethos-U. No data pre-/post-processing is executed.",
-    "supported_systems": [
-      {
-        "name": "Corstone-310: Cortex-M85+Ethos-U65"
-      }
-    ],
-    "variables": {
-      "eval_app": "{software.config_dir}/ethos-u-inference_runner.axf"
-    }
-  }
-]
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license b/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b83bfc..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/applications/inference_runner-sse-310-22.08.02-ethos-U65-Default-noTA/backend-config.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/src/mlia/resources/backends/systems/.gitignore b/src/mlia/resources/backends/systems/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0226166..0000000
--- a/src/mlia/resources/backends/systems/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022, Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# Ignore everything in this directory
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