[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: airoha: npu: Add the capability to read firmware names from dts
Lorenzo Bianconi
lorenzo at kernel.org
Mon Jan 12 02:00:08 PST 2026
Introduce the capability to read the firmware binary names from device-tree
using the firmware-name property if available.
This is a preliminary patch to enable NPU offloading for MT7996 (Eagle)
chipset since it requires a different binary with respect to the one
used for MT7992 on the EN7581 SoC.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo at kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
index 22f72c146065998d5450477f664ed308b1569aa3..bba30582787babd77083c7456349f0af76afc505 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
@@ -195,18 +195,18 @@ static int airoha_npu_send_msg(struct airoha_npu *npu, int func_id,
}
static int airoha_npu_load_firmware(struct device *dev, void __iomem *addr,
- const struct airoha_npu_fw *fw_info)
+ const char *fw_name, int fw_max_size)
{
const struct firmware *fw;
int ret;
- ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_info->name, dev);
+ ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, dev);
if (ret)
return ret == -ENOENT ? -EPROBE_DEFER : ret;
- if (fw->size > fw_info->max_size) {
+ if (fw->size > fw_max_size) {
dev_err(dev, "%s: fw size too overlimit (%zu)\n",
- fw_info->name, fw->size);
+ fw_name, fw->size);
ret = -E2BIG;
goto out;
}
@@ -218,6 +218,28 @@ static int airoha_npu_load_firmware(struct device *dev, void __iomem *addr,
return ret;
}
+static int
+airoha_npu_load_firmware_from_dts(struct device *dev, void __iomem *addr,
+ void __iomem *base)
+{
+ const char *fw_names[2];
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = of_property_read_string_array(dev->of_node, "firmware-name",
+ fw_names, ARRAY_SIZE(fw_names));
+ if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(fw_names))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = airoha_npu_load_firmware(dev, addr, fw_names[0],
+ NPU_EN7581_FIRMWARE_RV32_MAX_SIZE);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return airoha_npu_load_firmware(dev, base + REG_NPU_LOCAL_SRAM,
+ fw_names[1],
+ NPU_EN7581_FIRMWARE_DATA_MAX_SIZE);
+}
+
static int airoha_npu_run_firmware(struct device *dev, void __iomem *base,
struct resource *res)
{
@@ -233,14 +255,22 @@ static int airoha_npu_run_firmware(struct device *dev, void __iomem *base,
if (IS_ERR(addr))
return PTR_ERR(addr);
+ /* Try to load firmware images using the firmware names provided via
+ * dts if available.
+ */
+ if (of_find_property(dev->of_node, "firmware-name", NULL))
+ return airoha_npu_load_firmware_from_dts(dev, addr, base);
+
/* Load rv32 npu firmware */
- ret = airoha_npu_load_firmware(dev, addr, &soc->fw_rv32);
+ ret = airoha_npu_load_firmware(dev, addr, soc->fw_rv32.name,
+ soc->fw_rv32.max_size);
if (ret)
return ret;
/* Load data npu firmware */
return airoha_npu_load_firmware(dev, base + REG_NPU_LOCAL_SRAM,
- &soc->fw_data);
+ soc->fw_data.name,
+ soc->fw_data.max_size);
}
static irqreturn_t airoha_npu_mbox_handler(int irq, void *npu_instance)
--
2.52.0
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