Bug#1032405: installation-reports: missing nvidia nouveau firmware: nvac_fuc084 & nvac_fuc084d

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi,

Fab Stz <fabs...@yahoo.fr> (2023-03-06):
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: normal
>
> I couldn't try on the real system which is an iMac 9.1 (because I don't have
> physical access to it presently), but there is no package shipping these
> firmware files which are required by nouveau.
>
> firmware: failed to load nouveau/nvac_fuc084 (-2)
> firmware: failed to load nouveau/nvac_fuc084d (-2)
>
> Boot method: DVD
> Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso
> Date: 2023-03-06
>
> Machine: imac 9.1
>
> Until now, I installed them this way as per
> https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/VideoAcceleration.html
>
> mkdir /tmp/nouveau
> cd /tmp/nouveau
> wget https://raw.github.com/envytools/firmware/master/extract_firmware.py
> wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/325.15/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-325.15.run
> sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-325.15.run --extract-only
> python2.7 extract_firmware.py # this script is for python 2 only
> mkdir /lib/firmware/nouveau
> cp -d nv* vuc-* /lib/firmware/nouveau/
>
>
> It would be nice if there were a firmware package for it in bookworm

I can't really check license etc. right now, but that looks like
something that should be filed against src:firmware-nonfree, which ships
some nvidia-related firmware files in its firmware-misc-nonfree binary
package.

It'd be nice if someone else from debian-boot@ could triage this
further.


Cheers,
--
Cyril Brulebois (ki...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

[Sven Joachim]

Already done in #990662. The firmware in question is not distributable,
so it cannot be shipped in firmware-misc-nonfree. A downloader package
in contrib could be a solution, though.

Cheers,
Sven