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Bug#1114868: Please enable CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA for AMD Ryzen AI NPU support

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Hi Helmut,

On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 01:44:36PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 01:04:10AM +0200, neptune wrote:
> > Package: linux-image-amd64
> > Version: 6.16.5-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: nomail@address.com
> > 
> >    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> >      ineffective)?
> > 
> > - Verified hardware detection: NPU visible via lspci as "Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo Neural Processing Unit"
> > - Installed latest firmware-amd-graphics from testing
> > - Updated to kernel 6.16.5+deb14-amd64 (latest unstable)
> > - Checked kernel configuration: CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA is disabled
> > 
> >    * What was the outcome of this action?
> > 
> > The AMDXDNA driver module is not available, preventing NPU functionality despite hardware support and upstream driver availability since kernel 6.14.
> > 
> > Additional details:
> > Hardware: AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 with NPU
> > $ lspci | grep Neural
> > c7:00.1 Signal processing controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo Neural Processing Unit (rev 10)
> > 
> > Kernel config status:
> > $ grep -i AMDXDNA /boot/config-$(uname -r)
> > # CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA is not set
> > 
> > However: CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL=y (framework is enabled)
> > 
> > Request: Please enable CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA=m in future Debian kernel builds to support AMD Ryzen AI NPU hardware acceleration.
> > 
> > The AMDXDNA driver has been upstream and stable since kernel 6.14, and would benefit many users with recent AMD Ryzen AI processors.
> 
> I note that this driver also applies to all AMD Ryzen AI 5 and AMD Ryzen 
> AI 7 processors such as those installed into Framework 13 AMD
> and Tuxedo Infinity Book 14 laptops.
> 
> The userland software for this driver is completely missing in Debian. 
> Cordell Bloor has done an initial writeup of what is needed at
> https://wiki.debian.org/XDNA
> 
> In any case, the availability of this driver would lay the foundation of 
> forwarding the hardware device into podman containers that would 
> actually be able to make use o the functionality. Therefore, I suggest 
> that the addition of the driver would be useful to enable tinkering with 
> this hardware feature.

Okay make sense to me. I have opened a MR for this for review of the
other team members if they agree on having it already enabled.

https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1737

Regards,
Salvatore

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Bug#1114868: Please enable CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA for AMD Ryzen AI NPU support neptune <nomail@address.com> - 2025-09-11 01:10 +0200
  Bug#1114868: Please enable CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA for AMD Ryzen AI NPU support Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2025-12-05 15:10 +0100
    Bug#1114868: Please enable CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA for AMD Ryzen AI NPU support Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-12-06 13:30 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#1114868: Please enable CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA  for AMD Ryzen AI NPU support "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-12-06 13:30 +0100
  Bug#1114868: marked as done (Please enable CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL_AMDXDNA  for AMD Ryzen AI NPU support) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-12-15 21:20 +0100

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