Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] dt-bindings: net: airoha: npu: Add EN7581-7996 support

[Benjamin Larsson <benjamin.larsson@genexis.eu>]

On 17/01/2026 18:53, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> Airoha folks reported the NPU hw can't provide the PCIe Vendor/Device ID info
> of the connected WiFi chip.
> I guess we have the following options here:
> - Rely on the firmware-name property as proposed in v1
> - Access the PCIe bus from the NPU driver during probe in order to enumerate
>    the PCIe devices and verify WiFi chip PCIe Vendor/Device ID
> - During mt76 probe trigger the NPU fw reload if required. This approach would
>    require adding a new callback in airoha_npu ops struct (please note I have
>    not tested this approach and I not sure this is really doable).
>
> What do you think? Which one do you prefer?
>
> Regards,
> Lorenzo

Please note that there might be nothing connected to the pcie bus thus 
nothing to enumerate and the mt76-driver might not be present. (Lots of 
fiber termination only products use this configuration).

For those cases I would prefer the v1 proposal.

MvH

Benjamin Larsson