Bug 98489 - Nouveau not loading PGRAPH firmware blob for gk106 in kernel 4.7.10
Summary: Nouveau not loading PGRAPH firmware blob for gk106 in kernel 4.7.10
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/nouveau (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
Assignee: Nouveau Project
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2016-10-29 10:01 UTC by Tuxik
Modified: 2016-10-30 15:41 UTC (History)
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Description Tuxik 2016-10-29 10:01:59 UTC 
Hi. Many people know that GTX660 (gk106, nve06) is working well only with firmware blobs. (see i.e. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93629)
I had using them in my old Gentoo Hardened with kernel 4.4.8 and all was fine, video card worked very well with 4 .bin files in /lib/firmware/nvidia/gk106

fecs_inst.bin
fecs_data.bin
gpccs_inst.bin
gpccs_data.bin

Now I installed a new system from scratch on same computer. Used **exactly same kernel config** (it means it is valid for all *FIRMWARE* values), but newer kernel version 4.7.10-r1. I put same firmware files into /lib/firmware/nvidia/gk106, put nouveau.config="NvGrUseFw=1" in grub kernel line, but it is not loading, I can't see line in `dmesg | grep nouveau` gr: using external firmware, as it was in my old 4.4.8 setup. 

After that, I tried to copy these blobs to old naming space, /lib/firmware/nouveau/fuc*, tried to include them in kernel directly, tried to include it in initramfs, nothing helps. It doesn't run.
My current dmesg | grep nouveau: 
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: nouveau.config="NvGrUseFw=1" BOOT_IMAGE=/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-4.7.10-hardened-r1 root=/dev/sda2 nouveau.config=NvGrUseFw=1 pax_sanitize_slab=0
[   50.006877] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GK106 (0e6000a1)
[   50.069144] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 80.06.28.00.39
[   50.070725] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 2048 MiB GDDR5
[   50.130957] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 2048 MiB
[   50.130959] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB
[   50.130963] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0
[   50.130965] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0
[   50.130967] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 02000f00 00000000
[   50.130970] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 01000f02 00020030
[   50.130972] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 03: 02011f62 00020010
[   50.130973] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 04: 04822fb6 0f420010
[   50.130975] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 05: 04022f72 00020010
[   50.130977] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 06: 08033f82 00020030
[   50.130979] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 00001030
[   50.130981] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 00010161
[   50.130983] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 02: 00020246
[   50.130985] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 03: 01000331
[   50.192971] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies
[   50.484265] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: allocated 1920x1080 fb: 0x60000, bo ffff880401a4f000
[   50.484398] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[   50.944161] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[   50.969789] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0

My old dmesg | grep nouveau
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-4.4.8-hardened-r1 root=/dev/sda2 nouveau.config=NvGrUseFw=1 pax_sanitize_slab=0
[   36.316263] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GK106 (0e6000a1)
[   36.377566] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 80.06.28.00.39
[   36.378674] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: using external firmware
[   36.525601] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 2048 MiB GDDR5
[   36.582036] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 2048 MiB
[   36.582038] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB
[   36.582041] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0
[   36.582043] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0
[   36.582045] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 02000f00 00000000
[   36.582047] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 01000f02 00020030
[   36.582049] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 03: 02011f62 00020010
[   36.582051] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 04: 04822fb6 0f420010
[   36.582053] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 05: 04022f72 00020010
[   36.582055] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 06: 08033f82 00020030
[   36.582057] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 00001030
[   36.582058] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 00010161
[   36.582060] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 02: 00020246
[   36.582062] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 03: 01000331
[   36.645456] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies
[   36.932869] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: allocated 1920x1080 fb: 0x60000, bo ffff8804057f2000
[   36.933004] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[   37.394395] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[   37.419462] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0

So it contains line 'gr: using external firmware'

Please help me load these blobs back to my new system to work without freezes.

Thanks a lot
Comment 1 Ilia Mirkin 2016-10-30 15:41:50 UTC 
That message was removed in "gr/gf100: load firmware in outer function" (in v4.6). The load should error out if you're forcing firmware load and you don't have firmware available.

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