JetPack 4.4 - L4T R32.4.3 production release

[suhash]

We are pleased to announce the JetPack 4.4 production release supporting Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX2 series, Jetson TX1, and Jetson Nano. (JetPack 4.4 replaces JetPack 4.3 as the latest production release.)

Please read an important NOTE at the end of this announcement

The JetPack 4.4 production release builds on top JetPack 4.4 Developer Preview, and includes production versions of TensorRT 7.1 and cuDNN 8.0.

Along with JetPack 4.4, we are introducing a web based Power Estimator tool to simplify creation of custom nvpmodel power profiles for Jetson.

Please refer to the JetPack Release Notes and L4T Release Notes for additional info.

JetPack 4.4 Highlights:

• Support for the new Jetson Xavier NX module and Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit
• Support for CUDA 10.2, and TensorRT 7.1.3 and cuDNN 8.0.0
• Support for Vulkan 1.2 and VPI 0.3 (Developer Preview)
• Support for upgrading JetPack and L4T using Debian package management tool
• Support for Generic Timestamping Engine (GTE) for Jetson AGX Xavier and Jetson Xavier NX
• Support for Dynamic Frequency Scaling (DFS) for Video Image Compositor (VIC) using actmon
• SE (Security Engine) samples to demonstrate hardware backed authentication and encryption capabilities of Jetson TX2 series, Jetson AGX Xavier and Jetson Xavier NX modules.
• Utility to fuse multiple Jetson modules simultaneously
• Option to specify APP partition size on the microSD card during initial configuration at first boot of Jetson Nano Developer Kit

JetPack 4.4 components:

• L4T R32.4.3
• CUDA 10.2
• cuDNN 8.0.0
• TensorRT 7.1.3
• VisionWorks 1.6
• OpenCV 4.1
• Vulkan 1.2
• VPI 0.3 (Developer Preview)
• Nsight Systems 2020.2
• Nsight Graphics 2020.1
• Nsight Compute 2019.3

Existing installations of JetPack 4.4 Developer Preview and JetPack 4.3 can be upgraded in-place to the JetPack 4.4 production release without re-flashing the device. For more information about upgrading JetPack via the Debian package management tool, please refer to the JetPack documentation here.

Download JetPack…JetPack SDK | NVIDIA Developer

JetPack Release Notes…Release Notes :: NVIDIA JetPack Documentation

L4T Release Notes…https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/secure/tools/files/jetpack-sdks/jetpack-4.4-ga/Jetson_Linux_Driver_Package_Release_Notes_R32.4.3_GA.pdf

Note: Jetpack/L4T upgrade using debian package management tool is now fixed and reenabled.

We had temporarily disabled the feature of upgrading JetPack or L4T using debian package management tool due to an issue we found in one of our debian packages causing the device to not boot properly. We have fixed this issue now and have reenabled this feature. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

[yyamamoto]

Hello.

I want to download version R28.4 which is released on the same day as version R32.4.3.
Yesterday I find R28.4, but now I cannot find it on jetson download center.
What happend?

And I find R28.4 in this

Jetson Linux Archive

but I cannot access it.

[WayneWWW]

Hi,

We will get this back soon.

[linuxdev]

I also can no longer access it.

[WayneWWW]

Hi,

If anyone get system stuck after running OTA update, please refer to this thread.

Jetson Xavier Nx Not Booting

Another workaround if you see the bash (initrd) console in UART after running OTA upgrade. 1. reboot the device 7 times, 2. the device should be able to boot up properly. 3. edit the /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf to do following changes: - APPEND ${cbootargs} quiet + APPEND ${cbootargs} root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyTCU0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=map:0 net.ifnames=0 4. Reboot the device, and run "dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-l4t-bootloader" 5. reboot device.

[AlexCo]

@WayneWWW I see that starting with 32.4.3 the BSP archive and BSP sources became restricted downloads - member account needed.

Is this intended, like for some licensing changes or similar? Thank you

[WayneWWW]

Hi,

I am not sure what do you mean. On our dlc, we always require you to login before download the source code.

[AlexCo]

Hi @WayneWWW, for previous L4T releases like 32.4.2 it is possible to wget the BSP Archive in the L4T download page.
Starting with 32.4.3 it is necessary to be authenticated to download the BSP archive:

L4T 32.4.2:

wget https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r32_Release_v4.2/t186ref_release_aarch64/Tegra186_Linux_R32.4.2_aarch64.tbz2
--2020-07-13 12:54:37--  https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r32_Release_v4.2/t186ref_release_aarch64/Tegra186_Linux_R32.4.2_aarch64.tbz2
..
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
..
Saving to: ‘Tegra186_Linux_R32.4.2_aarch64.tbz2’

L4T 32.4.3:

wget https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r32_Release_v4.3/t186ref_release_aarch64    /Tegra186_Linux_R32.4.3_aarch64.tbz2
--2020-07-13 12:54:57--  https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r32_Release_v4.3/t186ref_release_aarch64/Tegra186_Linux_R32.4.3_aarch64.tbz2
Resolving developer.nvidia.com (developer.nvidia.com)... 152.199.16.29
Connecting to developer.nvidia.com (developer.nvidia.com)|152.199.16.29|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2020-07-13 12:54:58 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

[WayneWWW]

Hi,

Sorry that I don’t know there was such change before. It is more related to the web backend here so I cannot answer.

[suhash]

This should be fixed now. It should not ask to login to download BSP sources. @AlexCo, please give it a try

[Mike_deng]

after I reflash the jetpack 4.4 with sdkmanager, it report error . the error stop install components.
please see the log:
nvidia@nvidia-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for nvidia:
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-2-local-10.2.89 InRelease
Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-2-local-10.2.89 InRelease
Get:2 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-2-local-10.2.89 Release [574 B]
Get:2 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-2-local-10.2.89 Release [574 B]
Hit:4 https://repo.download.nvidia.cn/jetson/common r32.4 InRelease
Hit:5 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic InRelease
Get:6 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Get:7 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Get:8 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]
Get:9 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-updates/main arm64 DEP-11 Metadata [290 kB]
Get:10 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-updates/universe arm64 DEP-11 Metadata [275 kB]
Get:11 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-backports/universe arm64 DEP-11 Metadata [9,288 B]
Get:12 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-security/main arm64 DEP-11 Metadata [39.9 kB]
Get:13 Index of /ubuntu-ports bionic-security/universe arm64 DEP-11 Metadata [44.1 kB]
Get:14 https://repo.download.nvidia.cn/jetson/t186 r32.4 InRelease [2,561 B]
Get:15 https://repo.download.nvidia.cn/jetson/t186 r32.4/main arm64 Packages [15.4 kB]
Err:15 https://repo.download.nvidia.cn/jetson/t186 r32.4/main arm64 Packages
File has unexpected size (15392 != 15383). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 60.222.11.61 443]
Hashes of expected file:

• Filesize:15383 [weak]
• SHA256:3ab5830c24ed54b90166423da98cea3121dce8b8182a452e4557a78070eea43f
• SHA1:0f14b93d8d7e2b76048365e02409066090642a4e [weak]
• MD5Sum:4610f7ba332ab2b1747030bcf00b8e51 [weak]
  Release file created at: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 04:07:03 +0000
  Fetched 912 kB in 32s (28.2 kB/s)
  Reading package lists… Done
  E: Failed to fetch https://repo.download.nvidia.cn/jetson/t186/dists/r32.4/main/binary-arm64/Packages.gz File has unexpected size (15392 != 15383). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 60.222.11.61 443]
  Hashes of expected file:
  - Filesize:15383 [weak]
  - SHA256:3ab5830c24ed54b90166423da98cea3121dce8b8182a452e4557a78070eea43f
  - SHA1:0f14b93d8d7e2b76048365e02409066090642a4e [weak]
  - MD5Sum:4610f7ba332ab2b1747030bcf00b8e51 [weak]
  Release file created at: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 04:07:03 +0000
  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[AlexCo]

Thanks a lot @suhash for solving the access issue, works very well now.

[WayneWWW]

@Mike_deng,

Your issue is probably same as

Failed to fetch https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/t210/dists/r32.4/main/binary-arm64/Packages.gz File has unexpected size

hello , this is the full log root@jetr:~# apt-get update Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-2-local-10.2.89 InRelease Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-2-local-10.2.89 InRelease Get:2 file:/var/visionworks-repo InRelease Ign:2 file:/var/visionworks-repo InRelease Get:3 file:/var/visionworks-sfm-repo InRelease Ign:3 file:/var/visionworks-sfm-repo InRelease Get:4 file:/var/visionworks-tracking-repo InRelease Ign:4 file:/var/visionworks-tracking-repo InRelease Get:5 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-2…

Please check.

[saikishor]

@WayneWWW I do face the same issue, but then the issue is not the location and the NTP, I have mine set properly and updated. Could you please help me with this?