intel-npu-driver: init at 1.22.0 #382756

pseudocc · 2025-02-17T06:34:42Z

Packaging the Intel NPU firmware (for Linux kernel module: intel_vpu).

[nix-shell:~/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-382756-4]$ tree results/intel-npu-driver-x86_64-linux/
results/intel-npu-driver-x86_64-linux/
├── bin
│   ├── npu-kmd-test
│   └── npu-umd-test
└── lib
    ├── libze_intel_vpu.so -> libze_intel_vpu.so.1
    ├── libze_intel_vpu.so.1 -> libze_intel_vpu.so.1.13.0
    └── libze_intel_vpu.so.1.13.0

3 directories, 5 files

[nix-shell:~/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-382756-4]$ tree results/intel-npu-firmware-x86_64-linux
results/intel-npu-firmware-x86_64-linux
└── lib
    └── firmware
        └── intel
            └── vpu
                ├── mtl_vpu_v0.0.bin -> vpu_37xx_v0.0.bin
                ├── vpu_37xx_v0.0.bin
                └── vpu_40xx_v0.0.bin

5 directories, 3 files

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pseudocc · 2025-02-17T07:08:18Z

I created a flake for it, and verified the firmware worked well.
intel/linux-npu-driver#67
pseudocc/nix-config@27ee1af

pseudocc · 2025-02-17T07:14:02Z

nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl

+        ($device eq "0x7d1d" || $device eq "0xad1d" ||
+         $device eq "0x643e" || $device eq "0xb03e");


PCI ID are copied from the intel_vpu linux driver module.

osbm

I only have trivial change requests, package seems sufficiently up to standard otherwise.

pkgs/by-name/in/intel-npu-firmware/package.nix

jwludzik · 2025-02-19T08:52:16Z

The NPU firmware is strictly connected with NPU compiler and driver. This is a problem, because whenever you want to use newer driver, ex. upcoming v1.14.0 release, then you should use the same firmware from the release as well. If the firmware is not matched with compiler, then we do not guarantee that all works correctly. Best would be to have a common package - firmware, driver and compiler. That is why the NPU firmware never reached the linux-firmware repository

nixos/modules/hardware/cpu/intel-npu.nix

SuperSandro2000 · 2025-02-19T20:49:25Z

nixos/modules/hardware/cpu/intel-npu.nix

I question this entire module. It just does to little to be added.

I was just trying to get rid of the firmware loading error at the first place, while according to @jwludzik, other packages are also required to get NPU really work, I think it's good to keep the module to install all related packages together.

SuperSandro2000 · 2025-02-19T20:50:03Z

nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl

@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ sub pciCheck {
        ($device eq "0x4229" || $device eq "0x4230" ||
         $device eq "0x4222" || $device eq "0x4227");

+    push @attrs, "hardware.cpu.intel.enableNpuFirmware = true;" if


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push @attrs, "hardware.cpu.intel.enableNpuFirmware = true;" if

push @attrs, "hardware.firmware = [ pkgs.intel-npu-firmware ];" if

pseudocc · 2025-02-20T02:48:02Z

Thank you guys for reviewing this, I am changing this to WIP for packaging related driver and compiler as well.

nixos/modules/hardware/cpu/intel-npu.nix

nilp0inter · 2025-03-23T19:16:08Z

Hi @pseudocc,

I wanted to share an experiment I conducted to streamline the package compilation process as suggested by @SuperSandro2000. Here's what I did:

I added "firmware" to the list of outputs in the package configuration.

I modified the postPatch section to include the following:

substituteInPlace firmware/CMakeLists.txt \                      
  --replace-fail "DESTINATION /lib/firmware/updates/intel/vpu/" \
  "DESTINATION $firmware/lib/firmware/intel/vpu/"

I removed the installPhase, compiling the whole package in a single step.

I hope this approach might be helpful as we work towards refining the packaging process.

pseudocc · 2025-03-24T02:41:31Z

Hi @nilp0inter , I think that there might be a use case that the user just want the firmware only. If so, my implementation will not take any time preparing cmake env and building the artifacts since the firmware binary is in the source tree.

nilp0inter · 2025-03-24T07:44:18Z

Thanks for the clarification @pseudocc . I was missing the point completely.

Cheers!

izelnakri · 2025-07-01T16:01:23Z

Latest version of npu-driver is now v1.17 @pseudocc , lets update it and I don't want to hold back the PR from being merged. In fact, this PR has been on hold for 3 months for no good reason. Would appreciate if it gets approved & merged right after the update @SuperSandro2000 @pseudocc

SuperSandro2000 · 2025-07-02T10:46:34Z

pkgs/by-name/in/intel-npu-firmware/package.nix

+  inherit (intel-npu-driver) version src;
+  pname = "intel-npu-firmware";
+
+  installPhase = ''


Can we then set dontBuild to make that obvious?

I am not sure if that optimisation is worth it. Having two packages to update is some overhead and r-ryantm cannot deal with that properly, also when doing inherits.

Why not comine them again and move the firmware to the respecting output?

pkgs/by-name/in/intel-npu-firmware/package.nix

pkgs/by-name/in/intel-npu-driver/package.nix

SuperSandro2000 · 2025-07-02T10:49:37Z

pkgs/by-name/in/intel-npu-driver/package.nix

+    owner = "intel";
+    repo = "linux-npu-driver";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;


Vendoring libraries we already have in nixpkgs is not nice.

However it is still necessary, please see: intel/level-zero-npu-extensions#36 intel-npu-driver has level-zero-npu-extensions vendored as git submodule from github directly. Please approve this PR @SuperSandro2000

SuperSandro2000 · 2025-07-02T10:50:04Z

pkgs/by-name/in/intel-npu-driver/package.nix

+    udev
+    openssl
+    boost
+    level-zero


To make sure we are using our level-zero, we should delete the vendored.

I removed it in the postPatch section

rm third_party/cmake/level-zero.cmake

pkgs/by-name/in/intel-npu-driver/package.nix

pseudocc · 2025-07-03T08:57:43Z

Ran npu-umd-test and npu-kmd-test looked fine on my ThinkPad X13 Yoga Gen5 (CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 5 135U).

$ patchelf --print-rpath $(which npu-umd-test
/nix/store/g4h8yviv4r2rfnwzlmc746s5ls22zvgd-level-zero-1.22.4/lib:/nix/store/q4wq65gl3r8fy746v9bbwgx4gzn0r2kl-glibc-2.40-66/lib:/nix/store/l7d6vwajpfvgsd3j4cr25imd1mzb7d1d-gcc-14.3.0-lib/lib

pseudocc · 2025-07-07T02:06:37Z

@SuperSandro2000 Nudge, any suggested changes?

Only support the standalone build. Closes: NixOS#348739

dmivankov · 2025-08-04T06:43:29Z

For the firmware part looks like it's now upstreamed to linux-firmware https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=9b870dde196d030a6c8872e8965dd28a0146c990

izelnakri · 2025-08-06T00:29:23Z

@SuperSandro2000 @osbm @nmouha seems like this PR is more than 6 months old already and requested changes are made. Could you approve your reviews and lets merge this?

I've been custom configuring this to my config to utilize my NPU for far too long. Thanks! @pseudocc

NeuerUser · 2025-08-14T07:43:13Z

I've been custom configuring this to my config to utilize my NPU for far too long. Thanks!

Could you tell me how you did the custom config? I've been waiting for this PR for about six months now and would really like to use the NPU.

Thanks 🙏

pseudocc · 2025-08-15T03:36:56Z

I've been custom configuring this to my config to utilize my NPU for far too long. Thanks!

Could you tell me how you did the custom config? I've been waiting for this PR for about six months now and would really like to use the NPU.

Thanks 🙏

@NeuerUser You may refer to mine (if you are also using flake): pseudocc/nix-config@6434c09

Part-Of: NixOS#348739

NeuerUser · 2025-08-15T09:46:01Z

@NeuerUser You may refer to mine (if you are also using flake): pseudocc/nix-config@6434c09

Thanks a lot. I do, however, get an SHA error:

`

     specified: sha256-GxmAmbf28hn/ragkTkFBYbM6Z+uFR6X4foMOyE8UVAc=
        got:    sha256-e1pkwFXfnf9NyjAUGrJJB5r1ytI1l6X0X5GF63O868U=

`
EDIT: fixed it, sorry.

dmivankov · 2025-08-21T13:35:55Z

Just as a datapoint, on 25.05 I managed to run validation without applying the module

$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(nix-build -A intel-npu-driver.out)/lib" "$(nix-build -A intel-npu-driver.validation)/bin/npu-umd-test"

...
[ RUN      ] Umd.ConfigurationCheck
/build/source/validation/umd-test/umd_test.cpp:201: Failure
Expected: (config.size()) > (0), actual: 0 vs 0
Missed configuration file.
Test scope is reduced.
Provide valid configurtion file, use:
npu-umd-test -c/--config [CONFIGURATION_PATH]

[  FAILED  ] Umd.ConfigurationCheck (0 ms)
...
[ DISABLED ] MemoryExecution.DISABLED_CopyingFromUnpinnedHostMemoryShouldBeAllowed
...

all other tests are either passing or skipped

And for kmd

$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(nix-build -A intel-npu-driver.out)/lib" sudo "$(nix-build -A intel-npu-driver.validation)/bin/npu-kmd-test"

...
[ RUN      ] Device.ResetComputeEngine
/build/source/validation/kmd-test/test_device.cpp:118: Failure
Expected equality of these values:
  write_debugfs_file("reset_engine", 0)
    Which is: 19
  0

[  FAILED  ] Device.ResetComputeEngine (3 ms)
[ DISABLED ] Device.DISABLED_ResetInvalidEngine
...
[ DISABLED ] UapiMem.DISABLED_BoClosedDuringCreate
...

and all other passing

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pseudocc changed the title ~~intel-npu-firmware: init at 1.13.0~~ intel-npu-driver: init at 1.13.0 Feb 20, 2025

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Add advanced flake.nix for the ultimate build & developer experience intel/linux-npu-driver#105

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		($device eq "0x7d1d" \|\| $device eq "0xad1d" \|\|
		$device eq "0x643e" \|\| $device eq "0xb03e");

	push @attrs, "hardware.cpu.intel.enableNpuFirmware = true;" if
	push @attrs, "hardware.firmware = [ pkgs.intel-npu-firmware ];" if

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