Today, I met some strange messages about missing Nvidia firmware during the execution of a system upgrade with apt on an Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS ThinkPad P15s laptop.
What are these messages and is there anything I can do to avoid them / fix the problem:
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-45-genericW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad102/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad102/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ad102/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga107/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga106/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga104/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga103/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga100/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga100/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga100/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/ga100/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu117/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu117/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu117/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu117/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu116/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu116/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu116/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu116/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu106/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu106/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu106/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu106/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu104/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu104/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu104/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu104/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu102/gsp/bootloader-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu102/gsp/booter_unload-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauW: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/tu102/gsp/booter_load-535.113.01.bin for module nouveauI: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/nvme0n1p5I: (UUID=3bbbe6fe-a2c0-49b8-9dae-59fc213f963d)I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.Here is more information:
$ neofetch --stdout | grep "OS\|Kernel\|CPU\|GPU"OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS x86_64 Kernel: 6.8.0-40-generic CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-1165G7 (8) @ 2.000GHz GPU: NVIDIA Quadro T500 Mobile GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]# lshw -c video *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=1920,1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080 resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff irq:195 memory:6052000000-6052ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:4000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:4010000000-4016ffffff memory:4020000000-40ffffffff *-display description: 3D controller product: TU117GLM [Quadro T500 Mobile] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0 resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:600-5ff irq:178 memory:bd000000-bdffffff memory:6040000000-604fffffff memory:6050000000-6051ffffff ioport:3000(size=128)