arm_compute v17.12
diff --git a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NESoftmaxLayer.cpp b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NESoftmaxLayer.cpp
index cc5d4e9..8e6773c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NESoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NESoftmaxLayer.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
 {
 }
 
-void NESoftmaxLayer::configure(ITensor *input, ITensor *output)
+void NESoftmaxLayer::configure(ITensor *input, ITensor *output, float beta)
 {
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Create intermediate tensors shapes
     TensorInfo tensor_info_tmp(input->info()->tensor_shape(), input->info()->num_channels(), input->info()->data_type(), input->info()->fixed_point_position());
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
     // Configure Kernels
     _max_kernel.configure(input, &_max);
-    _shift_exp_sum_kernel.configure(input, &_max, &_tmp, &_sum);
+    _shift_exp_sum_kernel.configure(input, &_max, &_tmp, &_sum, beta);
     _norm_kernel.configure(&_tmp, &_sum, output);
     _fill_border_kernel.configure(input, _max_kernel.border_size(), BorderMode::REPLICATE);
 
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@
     _sum.allocator()->allocate();
 }
 
+Status NESoftmaxLayer::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, float beta)
+{
+    // Perform validation step
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
+
+    TensorShape max_sum_shape = input->tensor_shape();
+    max_sum_shape.set(0, 1);
+
+    TensorInfo tensor_info_max_sum(input->clone()->set_is_resizable(true).reset_padding().set_tensor_shape(max_sum_shape));
+
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NELogits1DMaxKernel::validate(input, &tensor_info_max_sum));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NELogits1DShiftExpSumKernel::validate(input, &tensor_info_max_sum, input, &tensor_info_max_sum, beta));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NELogits1DNormKernel::validate(input, &tensor_info_max_sum, output));
+
+    return Status{};
+}
+
 void NESoftmaxLayer::run()
 {
     _memory_group.acquire();