netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: airoha: npu: Add the capability to read firmware names from dts

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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:40:38 +0100
From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: airoha: npu: Add the capability to
 read firmware names from dts

> > > Why cannot this scheme be extended with another compatible?
> > 
> > yes, that is another possibility I was thinking of but then I found
> > "firwmare-name" property was quite a common approach.
> > Something like:
> 
> Having two different ways of doing the same thing in one driver just
> add unneeded complexity. Please just key of the compatible like all
> other devices this driver supports.
> 
>     Andrew

ack, I will fix it in v2.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> ---
> pw-bot: cr

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