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So I'm re= opening > > > > > > > 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 al= most > > > > > > > three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't availabl= e. > > > > > > > * Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, prob= ably > > > > > > > worth it to release the firmware with everything else. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * T194 nouveau firmware. This does not have driver support, b= ut there > > > > > > > has been some interest in working on it. Making the firmware > > > > > > > available, even if it isn't merged to linux-firmware, would b= e 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 priori= ty. 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 li= ke > > > > > prior tegra gpus. And that it wouldn't make sense to support ga10= b on > > > > > nova. So I would like to expand the request for gv11b nouveau fir= mware > > > > > to also include ga10b. Perhaps not directly pushed to linux-firmw= are > > > > > 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 sen= d. > > > 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 Firmware files for VIC, NVDEC, NVENC, NVJPG, OFA, and XUSB for Tegra124=20 and later are now in linux-firmware: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware= .git/commit/?id=3Dbdeb9f0f93f18d10b281217e66e81838527ce55a Thanks for your patience. I was about to lose mine a few times. Mikko