intel-npu-driver: init at 1.13.0

[pseudocc]

Packaging the Intel NPU firmware (for Linux kernel module: intel_vpu).

[nix-shell:~/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-382756-4]$ tree results/intel-npu-driver-x86_64-linux/
results/intel-npu-driver-x86_64-linux/
├── bin
│   ├── npu-kmd-test
│   └── npu-umd-test
└── lib
    ├── libze_intel_vpu.so -> libze_intel_vpu.so.1
    ├── libze_intel_vpu.so.1 -> libze_intel_vpu.so.1.13.0
    └── libze_intel_vpu.so.1.13.0

3 directories, 5 files

[nix-shell:~/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-382756-4]$ tree results/intel-npu-firmware-x86_64-linux
results/intel-npu-firmware-x86_64-linux
└── lib
    └── firmware
        └── intel
            └── vpu
                ├── mtl_vpu_v0.0.bin -> vpu_37xx_v0.0.bin
                ├── vpu_37xx_v0.0.bin
                └── vpu_40xx_v0.0.bin

5 directories, 3 files

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 25.05 Release Notes (or backporting 24.11 and 25.05 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[pseudocc]

I created a flake for it, and verified the firmware worked well.
intel/linux-npu-driver#67
pseudocc/nix-config@27ee1af

[pseudocc]

PCI ID are copied from the intel_vpu linux driver module.

[osbm]

I only have trivial change requests, package seems sufficiently up to standard otherwise.

[jwludzik]

The NPU firmware is strictly connected with NPU compiler and driver. This is a problem, because whenever you want to use newer driver, ex. upcoming v1.14.0 release, then you should use the same firmware from the release as well. If the firmware is not matched with compiler, then we do not guarantee that all works correctly. Best would be to have a common package - firmware, driver and compiler. That is why the NPU firmware never reached the linux-firmware repository

[SuperSandro2000]

I question this entire module. It just does to little to be added.

[pseudocc]

I was just trying to get rid of the firmware loading error at the first place, while according to @jwludzik, other packages are also required to get NPU really work, I think it's good to keep the module to install all related packages together.

[SuperSandro2000]

I would recommend

Suggested change

	push @attrs, "hardware.cpu.intel.enableNpuFirmware = true;" if
	push @attrs, "hardware.firmware = [ pkgs.intel-npu-firmware ];" if

[pseudocc]

Thank you guys for reviewing this, I am changing this to WIP for packaging related driver and compiler as well.

[SuperSandro2000]

Why do we need to compile everything again? why not just copy it to a separate output?

[pseudocc]

I thought inheriting version and src will not cause building intel-npu-driver, let me re-organize this.

[SuperSandro2000]

What is the justification that we cannot use our system level-zero?

[pseudocc]

somehow missed it, will remove this whole part.

[SuperSandro2000]

We cannot use installTarget?

[pseudocc]

I failed to find the make targets to do identical stuffs than this, I guess we just use this --component option here.