linux-kernel - Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1)

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 17:04:08 +0200
From:   Zeno Davatz <zdavatz@...il.com>
To:     Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     nouveau <nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Nouveau] NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1) - acr: failed to load firmware

Dear Ilia

Thank you for your reply.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:36 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.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