1 files changed, 37 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/armnn/BackendHelper.cpp b/src/armnn/BackendHelper.cpp
index 13bde0aafa..9ab30f8fb2 100644
--- a/src/armnn/BackendHelper.cpp
+++ b/src/armnn/BackendHelper.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <armnn/BackendHelper.hpp>
 #include <armnn/BackendRegistry.hpp>
+#include <armnn/Logging.hpp>
 
 #include <armnn/backends/IBackendInternal.hpp>
 
@@ -399,22 +400,48 @@ bool LayerSupportHandle::IsFullyConnectedSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
                                                    const FullyConnectedDescriptor& descriptor,
                                                    Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
 {
-    if(!descriptor.m_ConstantWeights && !m_BackendId.IsUndefined())
+    if(!m_BackendId.IsUndefined())
     {
-        auto capability = GetCapability("NonConstWeights", m_BackendId);
-        if (capability.has_value() && capability.value().GetValue().AsBool() == true)
+        auto capability = GetCapability("ConstantTensorsAsInputs", m_BackendId);
+        if(!capability.has_value() || capability.value().GetValue().AsBool() == false)
         {
-            return true;
+            if(!weights.IsConstant())
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if(descriptor.m_BiasEnabled)
+            {
+                if(!biases.IsConstant())
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // At the first stage we will only print a warning. this is to give
+            // backend developers a chance to adopt and read weights from input slots.
+            ARMNN_LOG(warning) << "The backend makes use of a deprecated interface to read constant tensors. "
+                                  "If you are a backend developer please find more information in our "
+                                  "doxygen documentation on github https://github.com/ARM-software/armnn "
+                                  "under the keyword 'ConstTensorsAsInputs'.";
+        }
+
+        if(!descriptor.m_ConstantWeights)
+        {
+            auto capability = GetCapability("NonConstWeights", m_BackendId);
+            if (capability.has_value() && capability.value().GetValue().AsBool() == true)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
         }
-        return false;
     }
 
     return m_LayerSupport->IsFullyConnectedSupported(input,
-                                                    output,
-                                                    weights,
-                                                    biases,
-                                                    descriptor,
-                                                    reasonIfUnsupported.value());
+                                                     output,
+                                                     weights,
+                                                     biases,
+                                                     descriptor,
+                                                     reasonIfUnsupported.value());
 }
 
 bool LayerSupportHandle::IsGatherSupported(const TensorInfo& input0,