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 (local)
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 (local)
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 (local)
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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,
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Lorenzo Bianconi [off-list ref]