[PATCH net-next v4 0/2] airoha: Add the capability to read firmware binary names from dts for Airoha NPU driver

Lorenzo Bianconi lorenzo at kernel.org
Tue Jan 20 02:17:16 PST 2026


This patch is needed because NPU firmware binaries are board specific since
they depend on the MediaTek WiFi chip used on the board (e.g. MT7996 or
MT7992). This is a preliminary patch to enable MT76 NPU offloading if
the Airoha SoC is equipped with MT7996 (Eagle) WiFi chipset.

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Changes in v4:
- Add missing MODULE_FIRMWARE definitions for EN7581_7996_FIRMWARE
  binaries
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260119-airoha-npu-firmware-name-v3-0-cba88eed96cc@kernel.org

Changes in v3:
- Roll-back to approach proposed in v1 using firmware-name property
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260113-airoha-npu-firmware-name-v2-0-28cb3d230206@kernel.org

Changes in v2:
- Introduce "airoha,en7581-npu-7996" compatible string to specify the
  firmware and drop "firmware-name" property
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260112-airoha-npu-firmware-name-v1-0-d0b148b6710f@kernel.org

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Lorenzo Bianconi (2):
      dt-bindings: net: airoha: npu: Add firmware-name property
      net: airoha: npu: Add the capability to read firmware names from dts

 .../devicetree/bindings/net/airoha,en7581-npu.yaml |  7 ++++
 drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c           | 46 +++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 4515ec4ad58a37e70a9e1256c0b993958c9b7497
change-id: 20260107-airoha-npu-firmware-name-34e5002a1a3f

Best regards,
-- 
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo at kernel.org>




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