Unable to load kernel driver with 6.14-rc7

[iamkroot]

I have compiled the latest rc from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-mainline (and enabled the CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA config)

However, on startup, the driver load fails.

This is the log output:

~ ❯ journalctl -b | grep amdxdna
Mar 18 13:11:52 altair kernel: amdxdna 0000:64:00.1: Direct firmware load for amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin failed with error -2
Mar 18 13:11:52 altair kernel: amdxdna 0000:64:00.1: [drm] *ERROR* aie2_init: failed to request_firmware amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin, ret -2
Mar 18 13:11:52 altair kernel: amdxdna 0000:64:00.1: [drm] *ERROR* amdxdna_probe: Hardware init failed, ret -2
Mar 18 13:11:52 altair kernel: amdxdna 0000:64:00.1: probe with driver amdxdna failed with error -2
~ ❯ l /lib/firmware/amdnpu/17f0_10
.rw-r--r-- 377k root 18 Mar 13:10 npu.sbin
.rw-r--r-- 377k root 18 Mar 13:10 npu.sbin.1.0.0.63
.rw-r--r--  73k root 18 Mar 08:45 npu.sbin.1.0.0.63.zst
.rw-r--r--  73k root 18 Mar 08:45 npu.sbin.1.0.0.63.zst.zst
lrwxrwxrwx    - root 18 Mar 08:45 npu.sbin.zst -> npu.sbin.1.0.0.63.zst
~ ❯ diff /lib/firmware/amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin /lib/firmware/amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin.1.0.0.63 
~ ❯ uname -r                                        
6.14.0-rc7-1-mainline

[iamkroot]

More info about the files:

1. I have also built linux-firmware-git package this morning
2. The npu.sbin.1.0.0.63.zst file was already present. The zstd configs (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD and CONFIG_ZSTD_DECOMPRESS) are on by default.
3. Just in case, I manually unpacked the archive to npu.sbin.1.0.0.63 and initially created a symlink npu.sbin pointing to this file. Same error.
4. Taking note from Trying amdxdna from 6.14-rc3 branch - Got noisy errors instead #389 I downloaded the npu.sbin file directly from the kernel.org, but turns out it is the same as the one inside the zst. So no difference there either.

Not sure why request_firmware isn't able to find the file

[maxzhen]

This is on Ubuntu or Fedora?

[iamkroot]

Ah, I should have clarified. This is on Arch Linux. I assumed now that the driver is in mainline, it would load fine with any distro.

[maxzhen]

Could you double check if both firmware and driver are inside initram? I suspect that only driver is in it, which is why it can't find the firmware.

[tomchiverton]

I think I have this same issue with a Framework 13" AMD under the Ubuntu 25.04 beta. How would I check " if both firmware and driver are inside initram "?

falken@frame:~$ ls -laht /usr/lib/firmware/amdnpu/1502_00/
total 80K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr  6 10:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Apr  6 10:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  72K Mar 17 12:59 npu.sbin.1.5.2.380.zst
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   22 Mar 17 12:59 npu.sbin.zst -> npu.sbin.1.5.2.380.zst
falken@frame:~$ journalctl |grep amdn|tail
Apr 05 12:55:45 frame kernel: amdxdna 0000:c2:00.1: Direct firmware load for amdnpu/1502_00/npu.sbin failed with error -2
falken@frame:~$ dpkg -l|grep linux-firm
ii  linux-firmware                                      20250317.git1d4c88ee-0ubuntu1              amd64        Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
falken@frame:~$ uname -a
Linux frame 6.14.0-13-generic #13-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Mar 26 22:00:40 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
falken@frame:~$