RmInitAdapter failed (0x62:0x40:2661) with GSP enabled on Ampere Mobile (RTX A3000 / GA104)

Hello, I am reporting a consistent initialization failure on my ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 when GSP firmware is enabled.

Hardware:

- Laptop: Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 - CPU: Intel Core i9-11950H (Tiger Lake)

- GPU: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile (GA104 / Ampere)

- OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed (Kernel 6.18.5)

- Driver versions tested: 580.x (Proprietary and Open Kernel Modules)

Problem: When GSP is enabled (default in recent drivers or via NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=1), the GPU fails to initialize.

The kernel log shows multiple occurrences of:

“NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x62:0x40:2661)”

“nvidia-drm: Failed to allocate NvKmsKapiDevice”

Workaround: Setting “options nvidia NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=0” completely resolves the issue, and the GPU works perfectly.

This issue persists across both the proprietary and the open-gpu-kernel-modules, suggesting a firmware-level issue or a timing conflict with this specific laptop’s BIOS/Bus. I have attached the nvidia-bug-report.log.gz.

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (1.0 MB)

Unfortunately the meaning of these codes is proprietary and NV engs never explain what the problem is when they occur…

that would be me guess also: I’m afraid that unless you are able to find some BIOS/UEFI update, there’s little else left to try… Sorry :(