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 D06E9451993 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:49:21 +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=1787050162; cv=none; b=UmecJv7ZSEZ3MAZPP5Lt7n4+oKqeLNyaLjEdAuAxnaXpY6UIHfFSz0VOPeP5jz4fOEJkI20SZYB+E6a93qsxfGHaNQk0NRaxR4Ypf1b/ow6a+scOevpnbzr3DDdOsXop2Eexr6JwzPe8Jd92kKuAKV97T03UJsgn4Sz0Ly1+kGg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787050162; c=relaxed/simple; bh=GAlaucyHqGn8PKMEX+dbmngs2kvk0Tsp/R+CjlWggKo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=KW0kDOGJZ6tbD2U2piNqXFXwid2I1NpK0I0OL1mYV9yoYNhvdz1/9cghFgpT+0EtaGM9I2LCxrfmERpzxxFfTkaJNtwjKAQVkBVxsOEc0lZ36pcAJU4vbGxLVNkwPxwhG2ZsvLsjR3OVAY1HPiAcnKJ4jTDo+/EpVpWt6UEOXuY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Rs/6kuSb; 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="Rs/6kuSb" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC0F81F000E9; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:49:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1787050161; bh=GAlaucyHqGn8PKMEX+dbmngs2kvk0Tsp/R+CjlWggKo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=Rs/6kuSbvwNdS+68f7gcUfrjFle9aE5+DY7HlrImZ7hOYImSenvNjVlBCw71x5OXG Y4KhC3yB81nb/PlwOnQQbYwagIWcX4bRhT2vaCdfi6g2JinXRg8rvTYrNp0zzrMEJk em6ezxsJSXO0onumjK/MrFSxe+4Ot0QmdMmaMZ8jfx7U/0eu1bP/FiDD0fRlzykvnC /okGAHwdOrH7W0sXq2wjRYEtQLfFt6NiLvvJsuXs1NNGhjx/zRoyUFAAehF52ceetG MNu+6h0Al7EIc312RBLp5S8mwIS1b3TQh4gsXbcQDLBA9kVIng6bRDrEKtHNrSzEPm 624m696zNEnVg== Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:49:18 +0200 From: Thierry Reding To: Aaron Kling Cc: Mikko Perttunen , Thierry Reding , linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [REQUEST] Release Firmware to Match Current Driver Support Message-ID: References: <78vIAjaWTgyGORO7lyOZcw@nvidia.com> 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="qcdld6xzmri7fpjc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --qcdld6xzmri7fpjc 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 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 tracker = [0], > > > > > > but there hasn't been a response there in 6 months. So I'm reop= ening > > > > > > the discussion here. > > > > > > > > > > > > * Nvdec firmware. The driver has been in the kernel for over th= ree > > > > > > years and there's still no available freely licensed firmware t= o use > > > > > > with it. > > > > > > * T234 vic firmware. The driver has supported the arch for almo= st > > > > > > three years and freely licensed firmware still isn't available. > > > > > > * Nvjpg firmware. The driver is awaiting final approval, probab= ly > > > > > > 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= =2E 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 firmw= are > > > > 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 >=20 > The Tegra264 VIC series has been picked up into -next. Is there any > update on the firmware release process? We're still working on it, it's just taking a really long time. 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