From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA6DC3A7F68; Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:46:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786995999; cv=none; b=cyhMeyu/d0eUNj3vHa7w7fPF1GSu4v5ynW7QgqCvjANOTxaupohZYGKI+606FyNpVIakGAVo2RHldpzE/aFFnPV5ZIyI6DOit0ytd5G2gsG8Rj52Ymtk4Mh9k5/coXG9M2WxSob1YsVjIAPqFF3JQHxc+pPL5PJaIMDs/TCZtKM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786995999; c=relaxed/simple; bh=IgzScUnqMk5KpoBtylhThrPO4wAP2VTjcO/33qzWPEg=; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Subject:From:Message-Id:Date:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=JmT6D2PqrryLfD64Vzmgoq1lmEmJKX9XUgWEQMj9anePMb8NfjfnpO273CNKMuaVCAEs1VXHGYtjQ41D7j+PHBseD4DKojhPdx4sHA8tj340aK+q9nQ//BOQEa5jJsJn6/JcfryxNhBaYlOJhteqG36J44/lQ4w2J9npxQwxkw8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=EXE9SNbu; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="EXE9SNbu" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 33AC11F000E9; Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:46:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1786995996; bh=jYtufi31esdthh9skm50DsS40oKA05LQqbajS7Trxzs=; h=Subject:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=EXE9SNbuoc/FVdgBY3XEwncT9Oe1hlZbedIMw2pfqDCgd+yI5VThgL3nQEqLF8z2O 6BQeLZvK9w3M+2GJ8Zf2jN31swsywkBchOlK8KLCYSQ0vDSenuRGA858WO+hQHoXbG ROq8+MWxb4TfjQljoc1JMennkP8rOmRFld9dszNEAAs4TAJY9FAZp9YI//aVyHWgx+ q2x9NjTIM6mbK2he4cFc00s2cgvDB2I2ESU9OCi9lX5x7z5xQW6858PD/5jv2hqPal +jxMTenqk3m5yC48AXZp8iPP+BrpIQqNBK934knQNQKweJ0gZ4NcEZFXsNGz3x5Hf9 9v/dW25V+jnrQ== Received: from [10.30.226.235] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-oddjob-rhel9-1.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 939C13926262; Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: airoha: npu: load the firmware without the sysfs fallback From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Message-Id: <178699594816.1691257.16349624064991937172.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:45:48 +0000 References: <20260811181717.19339-1-sochnev.v.74@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20260811181717.19339-1-sochnev.v.74@gmail.com> To: Vitaliy Sochnev Cc: lorenzo@kernel.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello: This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski : On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:16:59 +0100 you wrote: > airoha_npu_load_firmware() maps a missing firmware file to -EPROBE_DEFER > so that the NPU can be brought up once the rootfs carrying /lib/firmware > has been mounted. That mapping holds only as long as request_firmware() > reports -ENOENT. > > It does not when the sysfs fallback is in play. With > CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK set, or with the fallback armed at > runtime through /proc/sys/kernel/firmware_config/force_sysfs_fallback, > request_firmware() hands the request to a userspace helper, waits out the > full loading_timeout and returns -ETIMEDOUT. The -ENOENT test no longer > matches, dev_err_probe() turns the result into a hard failure, and the > NPU is left unbound after stalling the boot for 60 seconds: > > [...] Here is the summary with links: - [net,v2] net: airoha: npu: load the firmware without the sysfs fallback https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a085e68b1390 You are awesome, thank you! -- Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot. https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html