Public bug reported: The xe driver on Intel Meteor Lake-P (GPU ID 7d55) requires GuC firmware version 70.44.1, but the Ubuntu 24.04 linux-firmware package only ships 70.36.0. The kernel emits this warning at every boot:
xe 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GuC firmware (70.44.1) is recommended, but only (70.36.0) was found in i915/mtl_guc_70.bin xe 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Consider updating your linux-firmware pkg or downloading from https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git The newer firmware (70.44.1) has been available upstream for MTL since at least 2025 and is already shipped by Arch Linux (linux-firmware 20260622-1) and in the kobuk-team/intel-graphics PPA. Ubuntu noble's linux-firmware package only includes 70.44.1 for Battlemage (xe/bmg_guc_70.bin) and Lunar Lake (xe/lnl_guc_70.bin), but not for Meteor Lake (i915/mtl_guc_70.bin). Impact: This firmware version mismatch correlates with persistent GPU TLB invalidation timeout crashes affecting Meteor Lake hardware on Ubuntu 24.04. The crash signature is: xe 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* GT0: TLB invalidation fence timeout, seqno=X recv=Y followed by GPU reset storms (up to 1800+ resets in 11 minutes). These crashes occur under normal desktop usage, particularly with GPU-accelerated Chromium-based applications and multi-monitor setups. Related bug reports: - Launchpad #2085434 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2085434) — i915 GPU hangs on Intel Meteor Lake, same TLB invalidation timeout. Confirmed on both i915 and xe drivers. Still open. - Arch Linux forums #307264 / #308313 — same TLB timeout crashes on MTL with xe driver. System information: Hardware: Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 (21M70015CK) CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (Meteor Lake) GPU: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] [8086:7d55] rev 08 Kernel: 6.17.0-1028-oem Driver: xe linux-firmware: 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.27 GuC loaded: i915/mtl_guc_70.bin version 70.36.0 GuC recommended: 70.44.1 (per xe driver) HuC: i915/mtl_huc_gsc.bin version 8.5.4 Request: Please include i915/mtl_guc_70.bin version 70.44.1 (or newer) from upstream linux-firmware in the noble linux-firmware package. ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2161220 Title: linux-firmware: missing GuC firmware 70.44.1 for Intel Meteor Lake (i915/mtl_guc_70.bin) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2161220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
