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Platform System Kernel Firmware
Meteor Lake Ubuntu22.04 LTS 6.8.0-40-generic 20240820*MTL_CLIENT_SILICON-release*1902*ci_tag_ud202436_vpu_rc_20240820_1902*a4634b5107c
Ubuntu24.04 LTS 6.8.0-44-generic 20240820*MTL_CLIENT_SILICON-release*1902*ci_tag_ud202436_vpu_rc_20240820_1902*a4634b5107c
Arrow Lake Ubuntu22.04 LTS 6.8.0-40-generic 20240820*MTL_CLIENT_SILICON-release*1902*ci_tag_ud202436_vpu_rc_20240820_1902*a4634b5107c
Ubuntu24.04 LTS 6.8.0-44-generic 20240820*MTL_CLIENT_SILICON-release*1902*ci_tag_ud202436_vpu_rc_20240820_1902*a4634b5107c
Lunar Lake Ubuntu22.04 LTS 6.8.0-40-generic Aug 20 2024*LNL*ci_tag_ud202436_vpu_rc_20240820_1902*a4634b5107c7ded2bbfa7d198e37088ec258749a
Ubuntu24.04 LTS 6.8.0-44-generic Aug 20 2024*LNL*ci_tag_ud202436_vpu_rc_20240820_1902*a4634b5107c7ded2bbfa7d198e37088ec258749a

Common:

Component Version
Level Zero v1.17.6
OpenVINO Archive Package 2024.3.0
OpenVINO Python Package 2024.3.0
OpenVINO built from source OpenVINO_2024.3.0_rev.7edb05f
NPU Compiler npu_ud_2024_36_rc1 built using OpenVINO_2024.3.0_rev.7edb05f
GPU Driver 24.26.30049.6

Installation procedure

  1. Remove old packages
dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq intel-driver-compiler-npu intel-fw-npu intel-level-zero-npu
  1. Download all *.deb package
  • Ubuntu22.04
wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-driver-compiler-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu22.04_amd64.deb
wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-fw-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu22.04_amd64.deb
wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-level-zero-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu22.04_amd64.deb
  • Ubuntu24.04
wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-driver-compiler-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-fw-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-level-zero-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
  1. Install libtbb12 which is a dependency for intel-driver-compiler-npu
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libtbb12
  1. Install all packages
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
  1. Install Level Zero if it is not in the system
# check if Level Zero is installed
dpkg -l level-zero

# download and install package if Level Zero is missing
wget https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v1.17.6/level-zero_1.17.6+u22.04_amd64.deb
dpkg -i level-zero*.deb
  1. Reboot
reboot
# if everything works, we should see /dev/accel/accel0 device
ls /dev/accel/accel0
/dev/accel/accel0
# to receive intel_vpu state
dmesg

User access to the device

As a root user, this step can be skipped.

The new device /dev/accel/accel0 requires manual setting of permissions access.
The accel devices should be in the "render" group in Ubuntu:

# set the render group for accel device
sudo chown root:render /dev/accel/accel0
sudo chmod g+rw /dev/accel/accel0
# add user to the render group
sudo usermod -a -G render <user-name>
# user needs to restart the session to use the new group (log out and log in)

The above steps must be repeated each time module is reloaded or on every reboot.
To avoid manual setup of the group for accel device, the udev rules can be used:

sudo bash -c "echo 'SUBSYSTEM==\"accel\", KERNEL==\"accel*\", GROUP=\"render\", MODE=\"0660\"' > /etc/udev/rules.d/10-intel-vpu.rules"
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=accel

Tip

In case of NPU is not visible, always check the access to the device with following command:

$ ls -lah /dev/accel/accel0
crw-rw---- 1 root render 261, 0 Mar 22 13:22 /dev/accel/accel0

If render is missing, or crw-rw---- is not set, please repeat the steps to set the access to the device.

⚠️ The test application prefix has been changed from vpu to npu:
▪️ vpu-umd-test ➡️ npu-umd-test
▪️ vpu-kmd-test ➡️ npu-kmd-test

Important

For more information check README.md

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