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Reset and resource allocation failures on Metis PCIe device on AMD64 system

Dear all,I am trying to get my hands on the Metis PCIe card on my current working PC, beingmainboard: Asus Prime X570-P CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, 6.8.0-58-generic x86_64The first issue I face is that the warm-reset does not seem to work for me, i.e. if I issue a reboot without re-powering the system, the Metis device does not show up in lspci, while after a power-down (with physical PSU switching off) it is there. This is reproducible and based on my experience points to either my mainboard BIOS issuing a wrong reset sequence to the PCIe slot, or the device itself not issuing a full reset sequence on warm-boot. Since I know how to get the card detected, this is only an annoyance - but I saw that also another user of AMD64 system in the forum has similar issues and the problem might go deeper.Which leads to the second issue I am observing and which I filed already a support request but realized here would be the better place to discuss it.According to David M. to ch

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Flashing PCIe Metis with the latest FW version

After finally getting my metis card properly accessible through PCI, it turned out I need to upgrade the FW to the latest version:(venv) root@zefir-PC:~/voyager-sdk# axdevice [libdmabuf.c:1720] Device command returned an error code.[libdmabuf.c:1721] Consider inspecting the device log via `triton_trace --slog`.[...]Device 0: metis-0:a:0 board_type=pcie fwver='v1.2.0-rc2+bl1-stage0' clock=800MHz(0-3:0MHz) mvm=0-3:-1%(venv) root@zefir-PC:~/voyager-sdk# triton_trace --slogVersion mismatch!Actual="v1.2.0-rc2+bl1" Expected="v1.2.5"Please update device firmware before continuing.I proceeded like described in FW flashing tutorial at github(venv) root@zefir-PC:~/Axelera.ai/firmware_release_public_v1.2.0# ./flash_update.sh flash_bundle.img>>> loading new AIPU runtime stage0>>> the following operations updates the flash content Make sure to only run this operation if really needed Also make sure to not power cycle the devices or it might be rendered non-functional.do y

zefirCadet

Metis PCIe card not detected after reboot

Hi all,not sure if my issue is related to this one, but symptoms are at least similar, so I hope it matches best here. Otherwise sorry for derailing.I am trying to get my hands on the PCIe metis card on my AMD64 based system driven by an ASUS PRIME X570-P mainboard under Ubuntu-24.04 (6.8.0-58-generic x86_64). First issue was that the card did no show up under lspci, no matter which kernel boot options I tried. Then I looked into the mainboard BIOS to double-check the peripheral config and noticed that the PCIe slots are not fully independent. In fact, the board has two PCIex16 slots and three PCIex1, of whose the latter are meant for expansion cards and the former for graphic cards. They are pre-configured for ‘auto’ mode, which means that the BIOS detects how the slots are populated and splits available lanes between the two x16 slots.I changed this ‘auto’ setting to manually split the lanes to ‘x8+x8’ and after rebooting the card is now visible to the kernel:zefir@zefir-PC:~$ lspci

alexCadet

Fan Speed Control? 🌬️

Hey!PCIe card did run out of the box with a first running demo in minutes with no issues!Question: Is there a way to control the fan speed to reduce the noise of the card?Thanks!

Axelera Metis PCIe AI Accelerator not recognized by lspci

Hey everyone, I’m having trouble getting my Axelera Metis PCIe AI Accelerator to be recognized by `lspci`(and my system in general). I tested the card on two different systems. On my AMD setup, I am using an AMD 5950X with an ASUS B550-F. I tried installing the card in the slot I normally use for my RTX 3080 as well as in another slot that meets the specifications. In both cases, `lspci` does not list the card even though the fan spins and I know it is getting power. Also Voyager SDK dosn’t recognize the card. I also tried it on an Intel system with an Intel i5-8500T on a Supermicro X11SCA-F motherboard. The same issue occurs. The card is powered (fan spin) but not recognized. I noticed that the boot time increases significantly when the accelerator is installed. This makes me think that UEFI might be attempting to detect something, even though no error messages are shown. As I already tried a lot and I couldn’t get it running, I wonder if you have any ideas what I can test.Could there

Hey!Is there any support planned for 24.04? I don’t have a machine available with the older Ubuntu version. It says native support on 22.04 here but not that it is completely unsupported. Thanks ➜ voyager-sdk git:(release/v1.2.5) ./install.sh --all --media --user florianzaruba[at]gmail.com --token <token>Install/update prerequisite packages required by the installer itself (y/n): yInstall/update prerequisite packages required by the installer itself (y/n): yERROR: cfg/config-ubuntu-2404-amd64.yaml: File not found

GeorgiosSAxelera Team

Question on Metis chip

Hi! I represent a large organization and am interested in conducting a feasibility study using your technology. Before proceeding, could you kindly provide a white paper detailing your technology, along with technical documentation showcasing the use cases the Metis chip supports.Kind regards,G.

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Mutliple PCIe cards

hi there,I was wondering if you have a planned feature to enables the usage of multiple PCIe cards in the same system. if so, is there any feature to use large models over multiple cards?

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zefirCadet

Reset and resource allocation failures on Metis PCIe device on AMD64 system

Dear all,I am trying to get my hands on the Metis PCIe card on my current working PC, beingmainboard: Asus Prime X570-P CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, 6.8.0-58-generic x86_64The first issue I face is that the warm-reset does not seem to work for me, i.e. if I issue a reboot without re-powering the system, the Metis device does not show up in lspci, while after a power-down (with physical PSU switching off) it is there. This is reproducible and based on my experience points to either my mainboard BIOS issuing a wrong reset sequence to the PCIe slot, or the device itself not issuing a full reset sequence on warm-boot. Since I know how to get the card detected, this is only an annoyance - but I saw that also another user of AMD64 system in the forum has similar issues and the problem might go deeper.Which leads to the second issue I am observing and which I filed already a support request but realized here would be the better place to discuss it.According to David M. to ch

Axelera Metis PCIe AI Accelerator not recognized by lspci

Hey everyone, I’m having trouble getting my Axelera Metis PCIe AI Accelerator to be recognized by `lspci`(and my system in general). I tested the card on two different systems. On my AMD setup, I am using an AMD 5950X with an ASUS B550-F. I tried installing the card in the slot I normally use for my RTX 3080 as well as in another slot that meets the specifications. In both cases, `lspci` does not list the card even though the fan spins and I know it is getting power. Also Voyager SDK dosn’t recognize the card. I also tried it on an Intel system with an Intel i5-8500T on a Supermicro X11SCA-F motherboard. The same issue occurs. The card is powered (fan spin) but not recognized. I noticed that the boot time increases significantly when the accelerator is installed. This makes me think that UEFI might be attempting to detect something, even though no error messages are shown. As I already tried a lot and I couldn’t get it running, I wonder if you have any ideas what I can test.Could there

Hey!Is there any support planned for 24.04? I don’t have a machine available with the older Ubuntu version. It says native support on 22.04 here but not that it is completely unsupported. Thanks ➜ voyager-sdk git:(release/v1.2.5) ./install.sh --all --media --user florianzaruba[at]gmail.com --token <token>Install/update prerequisite packages required by the installer itself (y/n): yInstall/update prerequisite packages required by the installer itself (y/n): yERROR: cfg/config-ubuntu-2404-amd64.yaml: File not found

GeorgiosSAxelera Team

Question on Metis chip

Hi! I represent a large organization and am interested in conducting a feasibility study using your technology. Before proceeding, could you kindly provide a white paper detailing your technology, along with technical documentation showcasing the use cases the Metis chip supports.Kind regards,G.

A

Anonymous

Mutliple PCIe cards

hi there,I was wondering if you have a planned feature to enables the usage of multiple PCIe cards in the same system. if so, is there any feature to use large models over multiple cards?

A

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