This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware -
20250317.git1d4c88ee-0ubuntu1.6
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linux-firmware (20250317.git1d4c88ee-0ubuntu1.6) plucky; urgency=medium
* Update GC 11.5.1 microcode (LP: #2117463)
- amdgpu: update gc 11.5.1 firmware
- amdgpu: Update GC 11.5.1 microcode
* Navi44 fails to load amdgpu (LP: #2119210)
- amdgpu: update gc 12.0.0 firmware
- amdgpu: update gc 12.0.0 firmware
- amdgpu: update psp 14.0.2 firmware
- amdgpu: update psp 14.0.2 firmware
- amdgpu: update smu 14.0.2 firmware
- amdgpu: update smu 14.0.2 firmware
- amdgpu: update sdma 7.0.0 firmware
* Update GC 11.5.0 microcode (LP: #2119627)
- amdgpu: update vcn 4.0.5 firmware
- amdgpu: update vcn 4.0.5 firmware
- amdgpu: Update GCN 4.0.5 microcode
- amdgpu: Update SDMA 6.1.0 microcode
- amdgpu: Update GC 11.5.0 microcode
* Missing qcom venus firmware (LP: #2115199)
- qcom: sc8280xp: FW blob updates for X13s
* Fix low volume issue on left speaker on Dell Oasis series (LP: #2119494)
- cirrus: cs35l41: Add Firmware for various HP Laptops using CS35L41 HDA
- cirrus: cs35l41: Update Firmware for Dell Oasis
-- Juerg Haefliger <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Aug 2025
10:14:00 +0200
** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Plucky)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
Missing qcom venus firmware
Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux-firmware source package in Plucky:
Fix Released
Status in linux-firmware source package in Questing:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[Impact]
Venus firmware is not available for the X13s:
[ 5.947627] qcom-venus aa00000.video-codec: Adding to iommu group 18
[ 5.949637] qcom-venus aa00000.video-codec: non legacy binding
[ 6.003894] qcom-venus aa00000.video-codec: Direct firmware load for
qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/qcvss8280.mbn failed with error -2
[ 6.003900] qcom-venus aa00000.video-codec: fail to load video firmware
[ 6.008167] qcom-venus aa00000.video-codec: probe with driver qcom-venus
failed with error -22
HW accelerated video encoding/decoding is not working.
$ ffplay -hide_banner -vcodec h264_v4l2m2m Big_Buck_Bunny_360_10s_1MB.mp4
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Big_Buck_Bunny_360_10s_1MB.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
title : Big Buck Bunny, Sunflower version
artist : Blender Foundation 2008, Janus Bager Kristensen 2013
composer : Sacha Goedegebure
encoder : Lavf57.63.100
comment : Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 -
http://bbb3d.renderfarming.net
genre : Animation
Duration: 00:00:10.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 792 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661),
yuv420p(progressive), 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 789 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr,
15360 tbn (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xfc01d4001b60] Could not find a valid device
[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xfc01d4001b60] can't configure decoder
Failed to open file 'Big_Buck_Bunny_360_10s_1MB.mp4' or configure filtergraph
[Fix]
Upstream linux-firmware commit:
0c4cd60597a0 ("qcom: sc8280xp: FW blob updates for X13s")
[Test Case]
Play a video using h264 decoding:
$ ffplay -hide_banner -vcodec h264_v4l2m2m Big_Buck_Bunny_360_10s_1MB.mp4
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Big_Buck_Bunny_360_10s_1MB.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
title : Big Buck Bunny, Sunflower version
artist : Blender Foundation 2008, Janus Bager Kristensen 2013
composer : Sacha Goedegebure
encoder : Lavf57.63.100
comment : Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 -
http://bbb3d.renderfarming.net
genre : Animation
Duration: 00:00:10.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 792 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661),
yuv420p(progressive), 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 789 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr,
15360 tbn (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xe2080c001b60] Using device /dev/video33
[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xe2080c001b60] driver 'qcom-venus' on card 'Qualcomm Venus
video decoder' in mplane mode
[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xe2080c001b60] requesting formats: output=H264/none
capture=NV12/yuv420p
[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xe2080c001b60] VIDIOC_G_FMT ioctl
[Where Problems Could Occur]
These are X13s specific firmwares. Problems will show up on that
platform only. Since the commit also updates remoteproc firmwares,
that could causes issues as well.
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