intel/linux-npu-driver v1.32.0

Linux NPU Driver v1.32.0

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✨ Highlights

• 🆕 Added support for Wildcat Lake platform
  Introduced support for the next-generation Wildcat Lake platform.

• 🔄 Removed third_party/level-zero submodule
  The repository no longer relies on the Level Zero submodule, reducing maintenance overhead and repository complexity.

• 📦 Dynamic Level Zero dependency resolution
  Added automatic detection and download of Level Zero from GitHub when it is not available on the system.

• 🐧 Ubuntu 24.04 snapshot package support
  Integrated support for Ubuntu 24.04 via PPA snapshots:

  • automatic download of libze1 and libze-dev packages
  • automatic extraction and usage during the build process

• 📝 UMD driver features document added
  Added a new document detailing UMD driver features currently in use, including logging, offline compilation, caching, and tracing with Perfetto. The document can be found in the docs folder.

⚙️ Verified Configuration

🧩 Common Components

The following table lists the common software components and their versions used in this configuration:

🛠️ Installation Procedure

1. Remove old packages

sudo dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq intel-driver-compiler-npu intel-fw-npu intel-level-zero-npu intel-level-zero-npu-dbgsym

1. Download all *.deb package

wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.32.0/linux-npu-driver-v1.32.0.20260402-23905121947-ubuntu2404.tar.gz
tar -xf linux-npu-driver-v1.32.0.20260402-23905121947-ubuntu2404.tar.gz

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 libze1 package

wget https://snapshot.ppa.launchpadcontent.net/kobuk-team/intel-graphics/ubuntu/20260324T100000Z/pool/main/l/level-zero-loader/libze1_1.27.0-1~24.04~ppa2_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libze1_*.deb

⚠️ In case of conflict or error in libze1 installation, remove previously installed Level Zero version:

sudo dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq level-zero level-zero-devel

1. Optional add your user to render group

sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} render
newgrp render

1. Optional reboot

sudo reboot
# if everything works, we should see /dev/accel/accel0 device
ls /dev/accel/accel0
/dev/accel/accel0
# to receive intel_vpu state
sudo dmesg

🛡️GPG sign & Verify deb packages

Signing data with a GPG key allows the recipient of the data to check whether any modifications have occurred after the data was signed.

Since release 1.22.0, each Debian package file (.deb file) has been signed with a GPG key, and the signature is included in the archive.

The Public Key has been uploaded to https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=EA267657A608300C296B8F8AD52C9665A4077678

To verify the signature:

# Download and import the Public Key
curl https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/EA267657A608300C296B8F8AD52C9665A4077678 | gpg --import

# Download the driver package
wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.32.0/linux-npu-driver-v1.32.0.20260402-23905121947-ubuntu2404.tar.gz
tar -xf linux-npu-driver-v1.32.0.20260402-23905121947-ubuntu2404.tar.gz

# Verify signatures
for PACKAGE in *deb.asc; do gpg --verify $PACKAGE; done

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