From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43FA951DB04 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791906983; cv=none; b=XyUDiNmhYh87z1/opS7ta20M+s7imZQTqf3b4bXtce3nfll2n8epKDnc4atKrhqDThWq5ZHRYjbK4kngZt3MMFH0ydonldNIsxdhDnLnZDhYfZsPCspEhKX/5wFPFnKFoyg17t0swcIZPW1qx3E81AL0qa57kjqZ05Ury2pQAi0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791906983; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Px+SYY6OQ3VwKAESTknEjRL2REhoUTrz34NNEU3Y/KI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=XXpOVrZRY3+DE0jrJ+U/zMTyaUSi2m/gX+eESz+lDvTmTC2LK800WjGgbJQy09MfY6IqWWw7utJR3FFkGliWtNSDotfWWh7gv6NgeiGN2IkkX69ls/FOVryaf46auPcWcqgavDOTNoQ5nlH7VCp/tz79UAFhMOWWnKjuNzjkwhU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=GmwDMNEK; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="GmwDMNEK" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8C0FF1F000FF; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:56:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1791906982; bh=rE6QkMfYCe+RrphLCAUELCRN9FLvMmyJTEZSB+tWcSE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=GmwDMNEKDA12CApBgXR1ot0gUIvy+8+b4kDD/XsLl7QrmK2Hu3gthqwBQyCBhAYKd pPVTcXMtJYy6S1CzMCnPk4u3uO0p2Kz+4GgcqtO9WtsQAKc224iItkIpxHAqv/BrMI qV4bgIu8d9iaA8/rzDX23zDyRFbjr6lRbt2tD2ZRJ4WRz1/2gA+LvFLJkyzkcdHlQ5 /Rh9NJMXCjbtxDdGzdsa9mz3uKdFQXAn8pvoen6rEZLhV1Qq40m8Qzn0Ac/enyfuwS QgJkpnKuBedPcCFYLg0p8lbrAkvDfHHY5KcTtqreU3Soo8JdWT/bWWgjULiQF2KhXh 2HxUjPWWhwSLg== Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:56:19 +0200 From: Thierry Reding To: Mikko Perttunen Cc: Aaron Kling , Thierry Reding , linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7bf375a3chnjy7d4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --7bf375a3chnjy7d4 Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support MIME-Version: 1.0 On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 05:49:40PM +0900, Mikko Perttunen wrote: > On Tuesday, August 18, 2026 7:49=E2=80=AFPM Thierry Reding wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 12:17:27PM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote: > > > On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 3:02=E2=80=AFAM Mikko Perttunen wrote: > > > > > > > > On Monday, May 11, 2026 12:05=E2=80=AFPM Aaron Kling wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 2:17=E2=80=AFPM Aaron Kling wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 4:56=E2=80=AFAM Thierry Reding wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 04:22:32PM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote: > > > > > > > > This was originally discussed on the freedesktop issue trac= ker [0], > > > > > > > > but there hasn't been a response there in 6 months. So I'm = reopening > > > > > > > > the discussion here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Nvdec firmware. The driver has been in the kernel for ove= r three > > > > > > > > years and there's still no available freely licensed firmwa= re to use > > > > > > > > with it. > > > > > > > > * T234 vic firmware. The driver has supported the arch for = almost > > > > > > > > three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't availa= ble. > > > > > > > > * Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, pr= obably > > > > > > > > worth it to release the firmware with everything else. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * T194 nouveau firmware. This does not have driver support,= but there > > > > > > > > has been some interest in working on it. Making the firmware > > > > > > > > available, even if it isn't merged to linux-firmware, would= be one > > > > > > > > less blocker for someone that doesn't work at Nvidia to wor= k on > > > > > > > > support. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aaron Kling > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [0] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/tegra/-/issues/4 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will continue to look into this, but it'll not be high prio= rity. Too > > > > > > > many other things going on. > > > > > > > > > > > > After some discussion with nouveau developers, it was pointed o= ut to > > > > > > me that the gsp on ga10b doesn't do much and the setup is more = like > > > > > > prior tegra gpus. And that it wouldn't make sense to support ga= 10b on > > > > > > nova. So I would like to expand the request for gv11b nouveau f= irmware > > > > > > to also include ga10b. Perhaps not directly pushed to linux-fir= mware > > > > > > until they can be verified working, but made available so driver > > > > > > development can happen. > > > > > > > > > > It has been over eight months since the last response. Nvjpg driv= er > > > > > support has been merged in the meantime. Has any progress been ma= de on > > > > > any of the firmware releases? > > > > > > > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > I have the multimedia engine firmware files on my todo-list. I'm > > > > planning to send these out after Tegra264 VIC support is ready to s= end. > > > > Unfortunately there have been some delays in that. > > > > > > > > Mikko > > >=20 > > > The Tegra264 VIC series has been picked up into -next. Is there any > > > update on the firmware release process? > >=20 > > We're still working on it, it's just taking a really long time. > >=20 > > Thierry >=20 > Firmware files for VIC, NVDEC, NVENC, NVJPG, OFA, and XUSB for Tegra124= =20 > and later are now in linux-firmware: >=20 > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmwa= re.git/commit/?id=3Dbdeb9f0f93f18d10b281217e66e81838527ce55a >=20 > Thanks for your patience. I was about to lose mine a few times. Thanks for pushing this over the finish line! 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