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[METIS M2 DRIVER ERROR] Driver x runtime compatibility

  • October 29, 2025
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Hi guys, new to the conversation here.

Just wondering whether there is a software compatibility matrix available somewhere?
I’ve been trying to get the METIS M2 chip running on my Jetson Orin NX. Thing is, I’m running a custom YOCTO build (based on Jetpack 6) and want to run the voyager-sdk in a Docker container, but I just can’t seem to get the drivers to properly match. So what driver versions match with which voyager-sdk versions?

The main error I’m getting is the one below:
root@hw00001aaa-24050002:/workspace# axdevice --pcie-scan
0007:01:00.0 : Axelera AI Metis AIPU (rev 02)
[libtriton_linux.c:799] Failed to open '/dev/metis-7:1:0': No such device
[AxeleraDevice.cpp:71] Device not found: metis-7:1:0
WARNING: Failed to open device 0(metis-7:1:0)
[libtriton_linux.c:799] Failed to open '/dev/metis-7:1:0': No such device
[AxeleraDevice.cpp:71] Device not found: metis-7:1:0
ERROR: Failed to open device metis-7:1:0



My guess is that it’s a driver version mismatch. These are my current axelera-device and -runtime versions. 
root@hw00001aaa-24050002:/workspace# ls -d /opt/axelera/device-* /opt/axelera/runtime-* 2>/dev/null
/opt/axelera/device-1.4.1-1  /opt/axelera/runtime-1.4.1-1


I tried the following metis driver versions: 1.2.2 and 1.2.3

I’m probably missing something, somewhere in the documentation.
So if someone can help me set this up, so I can start playing around with the METIS hardware, that would be great! Thanks!

Cheers,
Sebbe

FYI: Some extra info, I’m able to detect the device through lspci and lsmod.

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Axelera Team
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  • Axelera Team
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  • October 29, 2025

Hi ​@sebbe , great to see you here!

Hmm, interesting stuff - a lot going on there! I guess as a first port of call, was the Jetson Orin guide any help, at least in terms of getting set up (then we can look into the Yocto side fo things).


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  • Cadet
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  • October 29, 2025

@Spanner aha! Did not come across that guide yet, I’ll check it out.
If I don’t update this thread any further this week, consider it fixed. 

Thanks!


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Axelera Team
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  • Axelera Team
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  • October 29, 2025

Great stuff, hope that helped ​@sebbe ! What’s the project you’re working on? Be really interested to know more about your use of Yocto - I’m seeing more and more people going that route lately.