JetPack 6.1 Release Announcement

shmaheshwari · September 27, 2024, 8:23pm

We are pleased to announce the production release of JetPack 6.1. JetPack 6.1 packages Jetson Linux 36.4 with Linux Kernel 5.15 and Ubuntu 22.04 based root file system. The Jetson AI stack in JetPack 6.1 includes CUDA 12.6, cuDNN 9.3, TensorRT 10.3, VPI 3.2, DLA 3.1 and DLFW 24.0. This release supports all NVIDIA Jetson Orin modules and developer kits.

Highlights of JetPack 6.1:

Upgraded compute stack with CUDA 12.6, TensorRT 10.3, cuDNN 9.3, VPI 3.2. DLA 3.1 and DLFW 24.0
Camera: Enhanced Argus library, reducing CPU utilization by up to 40%
Security: Support for Firmware-based Trusted Platform Module (fTPM) on the Orin platform. Refer to the security page for all security features.
Software support for the PCN 211361 and fixes for various security vulnerabilities.

Installation:
You can install JetPack 6.1 with any of the methods below:

SDK Manager: You can do a fresh install of JetPack 6.1 using SDK Manager.
Debian Package: If you have JetPack 6 already installed on Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit or Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit, you can upgrade to JetPack 6.1 using APT. Refer to the steps here
SD Card: If you are using Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit, you can download the SD Card image from JetPack 6.1 page and use Balena Etcher to prepare the SD Card with JetPack 6.1
Manual Flashing: If you prefer to install using the command line, you can flash Jetson device from a linux host by following steps here. Once Jetson Linux is flashed, you can install the compute stack using SDK Manager (using linux host) or by running “sudo apt update” followed by “sudo apt install nvidia-jetpack” on Jetson.

JetPack 6.1 Components:

Jetson Linux 36.4
CUDA 12.6
TensorRT 10.3
cuDNN 9.3
VPI 3.2
DLA 3.1
DLFW 24.0
Vulkan 1.3
Nsight Systems v2024.5
Nsight Graphics v2024.2
Nsight Compute v2023.2 as part of the CUDA Toolkit

SDK Support:

DeepStream 7.1 (coming in Q4 ‘24)
Isaac ROS 3.0 (coming soon)
Holoscan 2.6 (coming in Nov ‘24)

Containers: Containers will soon be available on JetPack 6.1. We will update the announcement as containers are made available.

JetPack 6 Resources:

Quick Reference for manual flashing commands:

Jetson AGX Orin Industrial - EMMC used for rootfs (using Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit carrier board):
sudo ./flash.sh jetson-agx-orin-devkit-industrial internal
Jetson AGX Orin Industrial - NVMe used for rootfs (using Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit carrier board):
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_external.xml --showlogs --network usb0 jetson-agx-orin-devkit-industrial internal
Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit - EMMC used for rootfs:
sudo ./flash.sh jetson-agx-orin-devkit internal
Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit - NVME used for rootfs:
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_external.xml --showlogs --network usb0 jetson-agx-orin-devkit internal
Jetson Orin NX 16 GB - NVMe used for rootfs (using Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit carrier board):
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -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 internal
Jetson Orin NX 8 GB - NVMe used for rootfs ((using Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit carrier board):
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -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 internal
Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit- NVMe used for rootfs:
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -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 internal
Jetson Orin Nano 4 GB - NVMe used for rootfs (using Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit carrier board):
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -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 internal
Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit - SDCard used for rootfs (using Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit carrier board):
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device mmcblk0p1 -c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_t234_nvme.xml

whitesscott · September 28, 2024, 12:37am

Need to correct this webpage
https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/jetpack-archived/jetpack-61/install-setup/index.html#upgrade-jetpack

Upgradable Compute Stack
Developers on Jetson Linux 36.3 can now install the latest compute stack available with JetPack 6.1 release.
Follow these steps to install the latest compute stack:
Add the R36.4/JP 6.1 repo:

and change these 2 entries
echo “deb http://repo.nvidia.com/t234 r36.4 main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-l4t-apt-source.list
echo “deb http://repo.nvidia.com/t234 r36.4 main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-l4t-apt-source.list

to this:

echo “deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/common r36.4 main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-l4t-apt-source.list
echo “deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/t234 r36.4 main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-l4t-apt-source.list

whitesscott · September 28, 2024, 1:35am

sudo apt install nvidia-jetpack
installed a bunch of cuda12.5 linked tensorrt packages.

Now that I look at it the announcement above mentions TensorRT 10.3 that was built with cuda12.5

I think I’ll manually install TensorRT 10.4 GA for JetPack It is built with cuda12-6.

johnnynuca14 · September 30, 2024, 2:11pm

release about FFMPEG Version 7?

jsabzk6o · October 1, 2024, 1:00pm

Hi,

Combos · NVIDIA/edk2-nvidia Wiki · GitHub does not list Jetson Linux 36.4, so is there yet UEFI release for L4T 36.4 ?

Best Regards,
Janne

wolftales · October 1, 2024, 3:55pm

It wasn’t clear to me that the steps under heading Upgradable Compute Stack where necessary and didn’t accomplish anything that wasn’t already addressed in the dist-upgrade

nvidia-jetpack appeared to be upgraded with the rest of the packages.
common and t234 sources were already in my sources list.

The ask: If this section isn’t always required, please add some notes regarding when it is. It appears to me to be optional on some jetson models and/or jetpack versions.