ubuntu@bobone:~$ uname -a
Linux bobone 4.15.0-47-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 13 10:40:40 UTC 2019 
ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
ubuntu@bobone:~$ dmesg | grep nouveau | grep error
[    3.020472] nouveau: probe of 0004:04:00.0 failed with error -12
[    3.020667] nouveau: probe of 0004:05:00.0 failed with error -12
[    3.021693] nouveau: probe of 0035:03:00.0 failed with error -12
[    3.022595] nouveau: probe of 0035:04:00.0 failed with error -12
ubuntu@bobone:~$ find /lib/firmware/nvidia/gv100/ -name sw_nonctx.bin
find: ‘/lib/firmware/nvidia/gv100/’: No such file or directory
ubuntu@bobone:~$ apt-cache policy linux-firmware
linux-firmware:
  Installed: 1.173.3
  Candidate: 1.173.3
  Version table:
 *** 1.173.3 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-updates/main ppc64el 
Packages
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-security/main ppc64el 
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.173 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic/main ppc64el Packages
ubuntu@bobone:~$ 


== install linux-firmware from proposed ==
The nouveau driver does not seems to identify the Nvidia chipset in the 4.15 
kernel. But it seems to load the firmware from linux-firmware, and load the 
driver. 

ubuntu@bobone:~$ apt-cache policy linux-firmware
linux-firmware:
  Installed: 1.173.5
  Candidate: 1.173.5
  Version table:
 *** 1.173.5 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-proposed/main ppc64el 
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.173.3 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-updates/main ppc64el 
Packages
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-security/main ppc64el 
Packages
     1.173 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic/main ppc64el Packages
ubuntu@bobone:~$

ubuntu@bobone:~$ find /lib/firmware/nvidia/gv100/ -name sw_nonctx.bin
/lib/firmware/nvidia/gv100/gr/sw_nonctx.bin
ubuntu@bobone:~$

ubuntu@bobone:~$ tree /lib/firmware/nvidia/gv100/
/lib/firmware/nvidia/gv100/
├── acr
│   ├── bl.bin
│   ├── ucode_load.bin
│   ├── ucode_unload.bin
│   └── unload_bl.bin
├── gr
│   ├── fecs_bl.bin
│   ├── fecs_data.bin
│   ├── fecs_inst.bin
│   ├── fecs_sig.bin
│   ├── gpccs_bl.bin
│   ├── gpccs_data.bin
│   ├── gpccs_inst.bin
│   ├── gpccs_sig.bin
│   ├── sw_bundle_init.bin
│   ├── sw_ctx.bin
│   ├── sw_method_init.bin
│   └── sw_nonctx.bin
├── nvdec
│   └── scrubber.bin
└── sec2
    ├── desc.bin
    ├── image.bin
    └── sig.bin

4 directories, 20 files
ubuntu@bobone:~$ 

ubuntu@bobone:~$ dmesg | grep nouveau | grep error
[  157.554971] nouveau: probe of 0004:04:00.0 failed with error -12
[  157.555041] nouveau: probe of 0004:05:00.0 failed with error -12
[  157.555957] nouveau: probe of 0035:03:00.0 failed with error -12
[  157.556078] nouveau: probe of 0035:04:00.0 failed with error -12
ubuntu@bobone:~$

[  157.554928] nouveau 0004:04:00.0: unknown chipset (140000a1)
[  157.554994] nouveau 0004:05:00.0: unknown chipset (140000a1)
[  157.555880] nouveau 0035:03:00.0: unknown chipset (140000a1)
[  157.556002] nouveau 0035:04:00.0: unknown chipset (140000a1)

ubuntu@bobone:~$ lsmod | grep nouveau
nouveau              2150398  0
i2c_algo_bit            8831  2 ast,nouveau
ttm                   247484  2 ast,nouveau
drm_kms_helper        209562  2 ast,nouveau
drm                   503197  5 drm_kms_helper,ast,ttm,nouveau
ubuntu@bobone:~$

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  [Witherspoon-DD2.2][Ubu 18.10] [4.18.0-7-generic ] OS booting thrown
  with nouveau errors; OS booted successfully

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