[PATCH net 2/2] octeontx2-af: suppress kpu profile loading warning

From: nshettyj

Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 05:08:35 EST


From: Harman Kalra <hkalra@xxxxxxxxxxx>

There are three ways in which a KPU profile can be loaded
(in high to low priority order):
1. profile image integrated in kernel image
2. firmware database method
3. default profile

In most cases the profile is loaded using the 2nd method, which
causes a spurious warning from the Linux firmware subsystem (method 1)
due to the absence of firmware in the kernel image.

Replace request_firmware_direct() with firmware_request_nowarn() to
suppress such warnings when no image is integrated into the kernel image.

Fixes: cf2437626502 ("octeontx2-af: suppress external profile loading warning")
Signed-off-by: Harman Kalra <hkalra@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nitin Shetty J <nshettyj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
index 4994385a822b..a2de7f1c6c22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
@@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ void npc_load_kpu_profile(struct rvu *rvu)
* Firmware database method.
* Default KPU profile.
*/
- if (!request_firmware_direct(&fw, kpu_profile, rvu->dev)) {
+ if (!firmware_request_nowarn(&fw, kpu_profile, rvu->dev)) {
dev_info(rvu->dev, "Loading KPU profile from firmware: %s\n",
kpu_profile);
rvu->kpu_fwdata = kzalloc(fw->size, GFP_KERNEL);
--
2.48.1