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

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2023-03-06 08:55 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:

> Fab Stz <fabstz-it@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.

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