[REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support

[REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support

[Aaron Kling]

This was originally discussed on the freedesktop issue tracker [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 over three
years and there's still no available freely licensed firmware to use
with it.
* T234 vic firmware. The driver has supported the arch for almost
three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't available.
* Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, probably
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 work on
support.

Aaron Kling

[0] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/tegra/-/issues/4

Re: [REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support

[Thierry Reding]

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On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 04:22:32PM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote:
> This was originally discussed on the freedesktop issue tracker [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 over three
> years and there's still no available freely licensed firmware to use
> with it.
> * T234 vic firmware. The driver has supported the arch for almost
> three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't available.
> * Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, probably
> 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 work 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 priority. Too
many other things going on.

Thierry

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Re: [REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support

[Aaron Kling]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 04:22:32PM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote:
> > This was originally discussed on the freedesktop issue tracker [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 over three
> > years and there's still no available freely licensed firmware to use
> > with it.
> > * T234 vic firmware. The driver has supported the arch for almost
> > three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't available.
> > * Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, probably
> > 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 work 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 priority. Too
> many other things going on.

After some discussion with nouveau developers, it was pointed out 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 ga10b on
nova. So I would like to expand the request for gv11b nouveau firmware
to also include ga10b. Perhaps not directly pushed to linux-firmware
until they can be verified working, but made available so driver
development can happen.

Aaron

Re: [REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support

[Aaron Kling]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM Aaron Kling <webgeek1234@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 04:22:32PM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote:
> > > This was originally discussed on the freedesktop issue tracker [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 over three
> > > years and there's still no available freely licensed firmware to use
> > > with it.
> > > * T234 vic firmware. The driver has supported the arch for almost
> > > three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't available.
> > > * Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, probably
> > > 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 work 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 priority. Too
> > many other things going on.
>
> After some discussion with nouveau developers, it was pointed out 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 ga10b on
> nova. So I would like to expand the request for gv11b nouveau firmware
> to also include ga10b. Perhaps not directly pushed to linux-firmware
> 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 driver
support has been merged in the meantime. Has any progress been made on
any of the firmware releases?

Aaron

Re: [REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support

[Mikko Perttunen]

On Monday, May 11, 2026 12:05 PM Aaron Kling wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM Aaron Kling <webgeek1234@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 04:22:32PM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote:
> > > > This was originally discussed on the freedesktop issue tracker [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 over three
> > > > years and there's still no available freely licensed firmware to use
> > > > with it.
> > > > * T234 vic firmware. The driver has supported the arch for almost
> > > > three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't available.
> > > > * Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, probably
> > > > 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 work 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 priority. Too
> > > many other things going on.
> >
> > After some discussion with nouveau developers, it was pointed out 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 ga10b on
> > nova. So I would like to expand the request for gv11b nouveau firmware
> > to also include ga10b. Perhaps not directly pushed to linux-firmware
> > 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 driver
> support has been merged in the meantime. Has any progress been made 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 send.
Unfortunately there have been some delays in that.

Mikko