NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Zeno Davatz]

Hi

With Kernel 5.7 I am still getting this, while booting:

~> uname -a
Linux zenogentoo 5.7.0 #80 SMP Thu Jun 4 16:10:03 CEST 2020 x86_64
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
~> dmesg |grep nouveau
[    0.762872] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1)
[    0.875311] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: bios: version 86.07.42.00.4a
[    0.875681] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: acr: failed to load firmware
[    0.875780] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: acr: failed to load firmware
[    0.875881] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: acr ctor failed, -2
[    0.875980] nouveau: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -2

Old thread is here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/3/775

My Linxu-Firmware is: linux-firmware-20200421

This used to work fine with Kernel 5.5.

Please CC me for replies.

best
Zeno

Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Ilia Mirkin]

Starting with kernel 5.6, loading nouveau without firmware (for GPUs
where it is required, such as yours) got broken.

You are loading nouveau without firmware, so it fails.

The firmware needs to be available to the kernel at the time of nouveau loading.

Cheers,

  -ilia

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:24 AM Zeno Davatz <zdavatz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> With Kernel 5.7 I am still getting this, while booting:
>
> ~> uname -a
> Linux zenogentoo 5.7.0 #80 SMP Thu Jun 4 16:10:03 CEST 2020 x86_64
> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> ~> dmesg |grep nouveau
> [    0.762872] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1)
> [    0.875311] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: bios: version 86.07.42.00.4a
> [    0.875681] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: acr: failed to load firmware
> [    0.875780] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: acr: failed to load firmware
> [    0.875881] nouveau 0000:05:00.0: acr ctor failed, -2
> [    0.875980] nouveau: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -2
>
> Old thread is here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/3/775
>
> My Linxu-Firmware is: linux-firmware-20200421
>
> This used to work fine with Kernel 5.5.
>
> Please CC me for replies.
>
> best
> Zeno
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Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Zeno Davatz]

Dear Ilia

Thank you for your reply.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:36 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Starting with kernel 5.6, loading nouveau without firmware (for GPUs
> where it is required, such as yours) got broken.
>
> You are loading nouveau without firmware, so it fails.
>
> The firmware needs to be available to the kernel at the time of nouveau loading.

How can I tell the kernel to load the firmware?

Best
Zeno

Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Zeno Davatz]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:36 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Starting with kernel 5.6, loading nouveau without firmware (for GPUs
> where it is required, such as yours) got broken.
>
> You are loading nouveau without firmware, so it fails.
>
> The firmware needs to be available to the kernel at the time of nouveau loading.

Ok, I am now trying this:

/usr/src/linux> grep FIRMWARE /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y
# CONFIG_GOOGLE_FIRMWARE is not set
CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="nvidia/gp107/gr/sw_nonctx.bin"
# CONFIG_CYPRESS_FIRMWARE is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE is not set
# CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID is not set
# CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE is not set

Best
Zeno

Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Ilia Mirkin]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:16 AM Zeno Davatz <zdavatz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:36 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Starting with kernel 5.6, loading nouveau without firmware (for GPUs
> > where it is required, such as yours) got broken.
> >
> > You are loading nouveau without firmware, so it fails.
> >
> > The firmware needs to be available to the kernel at the time of nouveau loading.
>
> Ok, I am now trying this:
>
> /usr/src/linux> grep FIRMWARE /usr/src/linux/.config
> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y
> # CONFIG_GOOGLE_FIRMWARE is not set
> CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="nvidia/gp107/gr/sw_nonctx.bin"
> # CONFIG_CYPRESS_FIRMWARE is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE is not set
> # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID is not set
> # CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE is not set

There's a lot more firmware files than that ... everything in the
gp107 directory. Also this would only be necessary if nouveau is built
into the kernel. The files just have to be available whenever nouveau
is loaded -- if it's built in, that means the firmware has to be baked
into the kernel too. If it's loaded from initrd, that means the
firmware has to be in initrd. If it's loaded after boot, then the
firmware has to be available after boot.

Cheers,

  -ilia

Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Zeno Davatz]

Thank you, Ilia

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 5:25 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> There's a lot more firmware files than that ... everything in the
> gp107 directory. Also this would only be necessary if nouveau is built
> into the kernel. The files just have to be available whenever nouveau
> is loaded -- if it's built in, that means the firmware has to be baked
> into the kernel too. If it's loaded from initrd, that means the
> firmware has to be in initrd. If it's loaded after boot, then the
> firmware has to be available after boot.

For the time being I got it working by removing all nouveau selections
in "make menuconfig" and by emerging "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers"
Version 440.82.

Back on the latest Linux Kernel. Feels great ;).

Linux zenogentoo 5.7.0 #84 SMP Thu Jun 4 17:47:15 CEST 2020 x86_64
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Best
Zeno

Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Ilia Mirkin]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:04 PM Zeno Davatz <zdavatz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Ilia
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 5:25 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > There's a lot more firmware files than that ... everything in the
> > gp107 directory. Also this would only be necessary if nouveau is built
> > into the kernel. The files just have to be available whenever nouveau
> > is loaded -- if it's built in, that means the firmware has to be baked
> > into the kernel too. If it's loaded from initrd, that means the
> > firmware has to be in initrd. If it's loaded after boot, then the
> > firmware has to be available after boot.
>
> For the time being I got it working by removing all nouveau selections
> in "make menuconfig" and by emerging "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers"
> Version 440.82.
>
> Back on the latest Linux Kernel. Feels great ;).
>
> Linux zenogentoo 5.7.0 #84 SMP Thu Jun 4 17:47:15 CEST 2020 x86_64
> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Not sure why you bother asking questions when you're just going to
dump nouveau anyways. This is the second time I've answered your
questions on this very topic, I think it'll be the last too.

Cheers,

  -ilia

Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Zeno Davatz]

Dear Ilia

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:13 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Not sure why you bother asking questions when you're just going to
> dump nouveau anyways. This is the second time I've answered your
> questions on this very topic, I think it'll be the last too.

I will try again with the next Kernel release. So far I spent a lot of
time and I did not manage to get it to work. And I need my graphical
Linux Desktop.

I am a Nouveau user since day one.

This may also be a Gentoo/Funtoo Issue. I will keep you posted, if I
have any success.

Best
Zeno

Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

[Zeno Davatz]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:13 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Not sure why you bother asking questions when you're just going to
> dump nouveau anyways. This is the second time I've answered your
> questions on this very topic, I think it'll be the last too.

Actually, what I will try next is emerging
"x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau" Version-1.0.15-r1. It that works for
Nvidia, I guess it will also work for Nouveau. ;)

I would have preferred to have it all in the Kernel but that does not
seem possible.

Best
Zeno

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default

[Zeno Davatz]

Dear Ilia

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:13 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Not sure why you bother asking questions when you're just going to
> dump nouveau anyways. This is the second time I've answered your
> questions on this very topic, I think it'll be the last too.

I tried again and removed the Nvidia-Drivers with

sudo emerge -C x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers

and installed

sudo emerge x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau

this works with Kernel 5.7.0!

~> inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 driver: N/A
           Display: server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: nouveau,vesa
unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1680x1050~N/A
           OpenGL: renderer: Rasterizer v: 2.1 Mesa 19.1.4

but now xrandr no longer works.

~> xrandr -q

Screen 0: minimum 1680 x 1050, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1050
default connected 1680x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1680x1050      0.00*

Best
Zeno

Kernel 5.7.0, nouveau 1.0.15-r1, sudo lshw -C display, *-display UNCLAIMED

[Zeno Davatz]

Hi

With Kernel 5.7.0, nouveau drivers 1.0.15-r1

sudo `lshw -C display`

will show me:

 *-display UNCLAIMED

Also `xrandr -q` will not work:

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1680 x 1050, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1050
default connected primary 1680x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1680x1050      0.00*

So I can not start up my second monitor with this command:

xrandr --output DVI-D-1 --auto --output DP-1 --auto --left-of DVI-D-1

This used to work with Kernel 5.5.

It was "completely broken" in 5.6 and with 5.7 my first display is
back, but not my second.

I am on Gentoo Linux. Please CC for replies.

Best
Zeno