Hi,
I have a jetson orin nano dev kit with jetpack 6.1. I used “apt install nvidia-jetpack” to upgrade it to jetpack 6.2. After that I found that apt upgrade won’t enable super mode. Then I switched to a new 6.2 sd card image. However, I cannot enable super mode even in the latest 6.2 sd card image. My firmware has been updated to 36.4.3
Hello @jonathan_wu94
You could use a manual flash method to enable the super mode. Please refer to Quick Start — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation which refers to the Supported Modes and Power Efficiency.
The command to flash the device manually with an SD card is:
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device mmcblk0p1 \
-c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_t234_nvme.xml -p "-c bootloader/generic/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" \
--showlogs --network usb0 jetson-orin-nano-devkit-super internal
You could also check our Exploring NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Mode performance using Generative AI wiki which details instructions on how to enable the Jetson Orin Super Nano mode and how to verify that was enabled with success. This was when using JetPack 6.1.1 but it could be used as a reference.
Furthermore, you could check this announcement from NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 Brings Super Mode to NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and Jetson Orin NX Modules
Please, let me know if this works for you
Regards!
Eduardo Salazar
Embedded SW Engineer at RidgeRun
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Hello,
Thank you for your kindly responding. Unfortunately, I do not have a Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 PC at hand. I was wondering if a manual flash can be triggered by nano itself like https://www.jetson-ai-lab.com/initial_setup_jon.html#__tabbed_6_1
I tried to remove and reinstall nvidia-l4t-bootloader.
sudo apt remove nvidia-l4t-bootloader
sudo apt install nvidia-l4t-bootloader
sudo reboot
It seems that post installation process worked. I can use super mode now.
@jonathan_wu94 That is great to hear!
Thank you for reporting it back!
After I upgraded to JetPack 6.2 from JetPack 6.1, the super power mode wasn’t enabled. The bootloader remove-install did not work.
I managed to enable by going to /etc/nvpmodel and inspecting the files. I found nvpmodel_p3767_0000_super.conf. I then replaced /etc/nvpmodel.conf by this file and rebooted the jetson orin nx 16gb I have.
Thanks @pontual, it works on my orin nano 8gb also by
“sudo cp /etc/nvpmodel/nvpmodel_p3767_0003_super.conf /etc/nvpmodel.con && sudo reboot”
@EduardoSalazar96 Could you please also provide manual flash for jetson nano 4gb (without sd card port) to nvme?
Hello @vts86
Please check Exploring NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Mode performance using Generative AI, and try. In case you have any issues, please open a new post and tag me.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Thank you @EduardoSalazar96, one more thing please, I have Orin nano 4gb and it doesn’t have sd card slot, how do you think this hw is ok for super mode?
Hello @vts86
I haven’t tested a Orin Nano 4gb since I do not have it locally.
However, in the NVIDIA developer documentation for JetPack 6.2, NVIDIA posted the flash command which is the same that I shared in the wiki post. You can verify here Quick Start — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation and they also shared the Jetson Orin Nano Series, Jetson Orin NX Series and Jetson AGX Orin Series — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation where they details Jetson Orin Nano 4GB Super capabilities.
So, if your Orin Nano 4gb is not a custom hardware I do not see any constraints to enable the super mode configuration.
Regards
Ok I’ll try, Thank you so much for your help @EduardoSalazar96!
Sorry, the 4GB is a commercial module. You can check the devices here Welcome — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation. I will edit my previous reply.
Regards!
Thank you @EduardoSalazar96 for being able to take your time to look into the matter in more detail. As far as I understand thanks to your information and some other information, NVIDIA does’t provide an easy option to use super mode for commercial modules (maybe it can affect stability in a prod environment due to overclocking and since it is an official feature there may be reputation costs that cannot be accepted). For this reason we have to look for workarounds for commercial modules. Here is more information (may be useful for a people who faced the same problem as me) JetPack 6.2 Brings Super Mode to NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and Jetson Orin NX Modules
Thank you @pontual
cp /etc/nvpmodel/nvpmodel_p3767_0004_super.conf /etc/nvpmodel.conf
and reboot helped to make super mode
Just for information. Simple copy of nvpmodel_…_super.conf is not enough, super mode presents in config but in fact will not work, only after manual flashing with super conf the super mode will works as expected (active super mode shows twice freq on gpu in jtop)
@vts86, by “manual flashing” you mean that the apt upgrade does not work, right? I wonder if there is an alternative to avoid having to manually install from scratch the OS and everything.
Hello @pontual
I meant my case, when jetson orin nano is flashed in normal mode without super conf selected (for example for my hw and as I understand for all commercial variants of jetson nano that are not devkit) it is impossible to specify super flash mode through sdkmanager. If you flash in normal mode (not super), then simply try to copy cp /etc/nvpmodel/nvpmodel_p3767_0004_super.conf /etc/nvpmodel.conf in fact nothing will change. If you do simple copy on normal flashed hw (not super) visually you’ll see and can enable in the GUI and in jtop 25w and MAXN modes, but in fact super mode will not work. And in almost every nvidia documentation I saw, to get super mode you must use super conf in flashing stage only (I think some kernel modifications needs to be enabled too for super mode like overclocking)
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