NPU Driver 1.33.0 release unified 2026WW20 (#139)

Upgraded the level-zero-npu-extensions submodule to c7cb5d2.
Added new firmware binaries.
Introduced changes to the driver and tests.

Signed-off-by: Schulfer, Magdalena magdalena.schulfer@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Wludzik, Jozef jozef.wludzik@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Pawlak, Jakub jakub.pawlak@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Tabaka, Mateusz mateusz.tabaka@intel.com

Author: mschulfe

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.24")
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
 endif()
 
-set(STACK_VERSION 1.32.1 CACHE STRING "Main project version")
+set(STACK_VERSION 1.33.0 CACHE STRING "Main project version")
 project(npu-linux-driver VERSION ${STACK_VERSION})
 
 set(BUILD_NUMBER "dev-0" CACHE STRING "Build number composed of name and unique number used as driver version")
@@ -43,15 +43,17 @@ option(ENABLE_COMPILATION_FLAGS_OVERRIDE "Allow to override flags passed to comp
 # The npu_elf target is picked up from the compiler package
 option(ENABLE_NPU_ELF_BUILD "Enable building NPU Elf library in driver" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_TOOLS_BUILD "Enable building tools" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_NPU_ALT_DEPENDENCY_PATH_OVERRIDE "Allow to override path for dependencies in driver" OFF)
 
+message(STATUS "option ENABLE_OPENVINO_PACKAGE: ${ENABLE_OPENVINO_PACKAGE}")
 message(STATUS "option ENABLE_NPU_COMPILER_BUILD: ${ENABLE_NPU_COMPILER_BUILD}")
 message(STATUS "option ENABLE_NPU_PERFETTO_BUILD: ${ENABLE_NPU_PERFETTO_BUILD}")
-message(STATUS "option ENABLE_OPENVINO_PACKAGE: ${ENABLE_OPENVINO_PACKAGE}")
 message(STATUS "option ENABLE_VALIDATION_BUILD: ${ENABLE_VALIDATION_BUILD}")
 message(STATUS "option ENABLE_OFFLINE_COMPILATION_SUPPORT: ${ENABLE_OFFLINE_COMPILATION_SUPPORT}")
 message(STATUS "option ENABLE_COMPILATION_FLAGS_OVERRIDE: ${ENABLE_COMPILATION_FLAGS_OVERRIDE}")
 message(STATUS "option ENABLE_NPU_ELF_BUILD: ${ENABLE_NPU_ELF_BUILD}")
 message(STATUS "option ENABLE_TOOLS_BUILD: ${ENABLE_TOOLS_BUILD}")
+message(STATUS "option ENABLE_NPU_ALT_DEPENDENCY_PATH_OVERRIDE: ${ENABLE_NPU_ALT_DEPENDENCY_PATH_OVERRIDE}")
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 

compiler/compiler_source.cmake

@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ endif()
 include(ExternalProject)
 
 set(OPENVINO_REPOSITORY https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino.git)
-set(OPENVINO_REVISION f3a30a671d32c8e99cc496f0cc9d0089711fbb82)
+set(OPENVINO_REVISION 3687ccc8dab6a9ad5debfd9263414e6357c43d6f)
 set(OPENCV_REVISION c1c893ff73581567b6d1a847e8dafc9c052d907c)
-set(GENAI_REVISION adc69c578f02b9b07aaf0d15ff35747ae3962a52)
-set(ONNXRUNTIME_TAG microsoft:058787ceead760166e3c50a0a4cba8a833a6f53f)
-set(ONNXRUNTIME_REVISION 058787ceead760166e3c50a0a4cba8a833a6f53f)
+set(GENAI_REVISION c8e42994c16328a903d1eb0fd9dd0b3617323c63)
+set(ONNXRUNTIME_TAG microsoft:2d924974ef147392ced8409d36bd6d2e7fcc8a74)
+set(ONNXRUNTIME_REVISION 2d924974ef147392ced8409d36bd6d2e7fcc8a74)
 
-set(NPU_COMPILER_TAG npu_ud_2026_12_1_rc1)
-set(NPU_COMPILER_REVISION da4d79af8cb4bef6a71394bf0e22d998e5fe5b3a)
+set(NPU_COMPILER_TAG npu_ud_2026_20_rc1)
+set(NPU_COMPILER_REVISION 16cb63249167413ea80131472293630e3a1577bb)
 # Compiler might use different OpenVINO revision
-set(NPU_COMPILER_OPENVINO_REVISION b7f9dbfa7944a1c576b87a4061c298636ae9f2a7)
+set(NPU_COMPILER_OPENVINO_REVISION e4e180d12fa7df6240235926d4ab8084df40e0a1)
 
 set(OPENVINO_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/openvino")
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${OPENVINO_SOURCE_DIR})

compiler/include/npu_driver_compiler.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #define VCL_COMPILER_VERSION_MAJOR 7
-#define VCL_COMPILER_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define VCL_COMPILER_VERSION_MINOR 7
 #define VCL_PROFILING_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define VCL_PROFILING_VERSION_MINOR 0
 
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ VCL_APIEXPORT vcl_result_t VCL_APICALL vclAllocatedExecutableCreate2(vcl_compile
                                                                      vcl_allocator2_t* allocator, uint8_t** blobBuffer,
                                                                      uint64_t* blobSize);
 
+VCL_APIEXPORT vcl_result_t VCL_APICALL vclAllocatedExecutableCreate3(
+        vcl_compiler_handle_t compiler, vcl_executable_desc_t desc, vcl_allocator2_t* allocator, uint8_t** blobBuffer,
+        uint64_t* blobSize, uint8_t** compatibilityReqBuffer, uint64_t* compatibilityReqSize);
+
 VCL_APIEXPORT vcl_result_t VCL_APICALL vclAllocatedExecutableCreateWSOneShot(vcl_compiler_handle_t compiler,
                                                                              vcl_executable_desc_t desc,
                                                                              vcl_allocator2_t* allocator);

compiler/npu_compiler.cmake

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ endif()
 message(STATUS "NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR: ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}")
 target_include_directories(npu_compiler INTERFACE ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR})
 
-set(NPU_COMPILER_LIBS ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}/lib/libnpu_driver_compiler.so)
+set(NPU_COMPILER_LIBS ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}/lib/libopenvino_intel_npu_compiler_loader.so
+                      ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}/lib/libopenvino_intel_npu_compiler.so)
 
 if(NOT ANDROID)
   # Set the RPATH for the npu_compiler to find the shared library at runtime

compiler/npu_compiler_build.cmake

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_INTEL_GPU=OFF")
 list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_JS=OFF")
 list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_MULTI=OFF")
 list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_INTEL_NPU=ON")
+# Disable downloading prebuilt NPU compiler by OpenVINO
+list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_INTEL_NPU_COMPILER=OFF")
 list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_INTEL_NPU_INTERNAL=OFF")
 list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_INTEL_NPU_PROTOPIPE=OFF")
 list(APPEND NPU_COMPILER_CMAKE_ARGS "-D ENABLE_OV_IR_FRONTEND=ON")
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
   BUILD_COMMAND
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
       --build ${NPU_COMPILER_BINARY_DIR}
-      --target compilerTest profilingTest vpuxCompilerL0Test loaderTest
+      --target compilerTest profilingTest vpuxCompilerL0Test loaderTest openvino_intel_npu_compiler
       --parallel ${PARALLEL_PROCESSES}
   INSTALL_COMMAND
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
@@ -116,7 +118,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
       --strip
       --component CiD
   BYPRODUCTS
-    ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}/lib/libnpu_driver_compiler.so
+    ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}/lib/libopenvino_intel_npu_compiler_loader.so
+    ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}/lib/libopenvino_intel_npu_compiler.so
     ${NPU_COMPILER_PACKAGE_DIR}/vpux_elf/lib/Release/libnpu_elf.a
 )
 

compiler/openvino_build.cmake

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ set(OPENVINO_CMAKE_ARGS
     -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF
     -DENABLE_CPPLINT=OFF
     -DENABLE_INTEL_NPU_PROTOPIPE=ON
+    # TODO: Temporarily disable NPU compiler in plugin (EISW-214028)
+    -DENABLE_INTEL_NPU_COMPILER=OFF
     -DTHREADING=${THREADING})
 set(OPENVINO_BUILD_DEPS openvino_source)
 set(BUILD_GENAI OFF)

firmware/bin/vpu_37xx_v1.bin

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /*
  * Minor version changes when API backward compatibility is preserved.
  */
-#define VPU_JSM_API_VER_MINOR 35
+#define VPU_JSM_API_VER_MINOR 40
 
 /*
  * API header changed (field names, documentation, formatting) but API itself has not been changed
@@ -165,12 +165,18 @@ enum {
 #define VPU_TRACE_ENTITY_NAME_MAX_LEN 32
 
 /*
- * Max length (including trailing NULL char) of a dyndbg command.
+ * Max length of a command payload.
  *
- * NOTE: 96 is used so that the size of 'struct vpu_ipc_msg' in the JSM API is
- * 128 bytes (multiple of 64 bytes, the cache line size).
+ * Note: The payload size is limited to 96 bytes to ensure that the entire IPC
+ * message including the 32 byte header (struct vpu_ipc_msg) fits into two cache
+ * lines (128 bytes).
+ */
+#define VPU_IPC_MSG_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE 96
+
+/*
+ * Max length (including trailing NULL char) of a dyndbg command.
  */
-#define VPU_DYNDBG_CMD_MAX_LEN 96
+#define VPU_DYNDBG_CMD_MAX_LEN VPU_IPC_MSG_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE
 
 /*
  * For HWS command queue scheduling, we can prioritise command queues inside the
@@ -617,6 +623,10 @@ enum vpu_ipc_msg_type {
      * @see vpu_ipc_msg_payload_freq_config
      */
     VPU_IPC_MSG_FREQ_CONFIG = 0x111f,
+    /**
+     * Reserved command for future extensions.
+     */
+    VPU_IPC_MSG_EXT_0 = 0x1120,
     /**
      * Dump VPU state. To be used for debug purposes only.
      * This command has no payload.
@@ -784,6 +794,10 @@ enum vpu_ipc_msg_type {
      * @see vpu_ipc_msg_payload_freq_config
      */
     VPU_IPC_MSG_FREQ_CONFIG_RSP = 0x221f,
+    /**
+     * Reserved response for future extensions.
+     */
+    VPU_IPC_MSG_EXT_0_RSP = 0x2220,
     /**
      * Response to state dump control command.
      * This command has no payload.
@@ -1754,6 +1768,7 @@ union vpu_ipc_msg_payload {
     struct vpu_ipc_msg_payload_pwr_d0i3_enter pwr_d0i3_enter;
     struct vpu_ipc_msg_payload_pwr_dct_control pwr_dct_control;
     struct vpu_ipc_msg_payload_freq_config freq_config;
+    uint8_t data[VPU_IPC_MSG_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE];
 };
 typedef union vpu_ipc_msg_payload vpu_ipc_msg_payload_t;