Re: [PATCH V2] accel/amdxdna: Use a different name for latest firmware

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 16:56:47 EST


Applied to drm-misc-fixes

On 2/25/26 12:49, Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org) wrote:


On 2/25/2026 2:47 PM, Lizhi Hou wrote:
Using legacy driver with latest firmware causes a power off issue.

Fix this by assigning a different filename (npu_7.sbin) to the latest
firmware. The driver attempts to load the latest firmware first and falls
back to the previous firmware version if loading fails.

Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/5009
Fixes: f1eac46fe5f7 ("accel/amdxdna: Update firmware version check for latest firmware")
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c        | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
  drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c |  3 +++
  drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c       |  2 +-
  drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c       |  2 +-
  drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c       |  2 +-
  drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c       |  2 +-
  6 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
index 4b3e6bb97bd2..85079b6fc5d9 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ static int aie2_max_col = XRS_MAX_COL;
  module_param(aie2_max_col, uint, 0600);
  MODULE_PARM_DESC(aie2_max_col, "Maximum column could be used");
  +static char *npu_fw[] = {
+    "npu_7.sbin",
+    "npu.sbin"
+};
+
  /*
   * The management mailbox channel is allocated by firmware.
   * The related register and ring buffer information is on SRAM BAR.
@@ -489,6 +494,7 @@ static int aie2_init(struct amdxdna_dev *xdna)
      struct psp_config psp_conf;
      const struct firmware *fw;
      unsigned long bars = 0;
+    char *fw_full_path;
      int i, nvec, ret;
        if (!hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_NATIVE)) {
@@ -503,7 +509,19 @@ static int aie2_init(struct amdxdna_dev *xdna)
      ndev->priv = xdna->dev_info->dev_priv;
      ndev->xdna = xdna;
  -    ret = request_firmware(&fw, ndev->priv->fw_path, &pdev->dev);
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(npu_fw); i++) {
+        fw_full_path = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", ndev->priv->fw_path, npu_fw[i]);
+        if (!fw_full_path)
+            return -ENOMEM;
+
+        ret = firmware_request_nowarn(&fw, fw_full_path, &pdev->dev);
+        kfree(fw_full_path);
+        if (!ret) {
+            XDNA_INFO(xdna, "Load firmware %s%s", ndev->priv->fw_path, npu_fw[i]);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
      if (ret) {
          XDNA_ERR(xdna, "failed to request_firmware %s, ret %d",
               ndev->priv->fw_path, ret);
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c
index 4ada45d06fcf..a4384593bdcc 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/1502_00/npu.sbin");
  MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin");
  MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_11/npu.sbin");
  MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_20/npu.sbin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/1502_00/npu_7.sbin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_10/npu_7.sbin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_11/npu_7.sbin");
    /*
   * 0.0: Initial version
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c
index 6f36a27b5a02..6e3d3ca69c04 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static const struct aie2_fw_feature_tbl npu1_fw_feature_table[] = {
  };
    static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu1_dev_priv = {
-    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/1502_00/npu.sbin",
+    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/1502_00/",
      .rt_config    = npu1_default_rt_cfg,
      .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu1_dpm_clk_table,
      .fw_feature_tbl = npu1_fw_feature_table,
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c
index a8d6f76dde5f..ce25eef5fc34 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const struct aie2_fw_feature_tbl npu4_fw_feature_table[] = {
  };
    static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu4_dev_priv = {
-    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin",
+    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/",
      .rt_config    = npu4_default_rt_cfg,
      .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu4_dpm_clk_table,
      .fw_feature_tbl = npu4_fw_feature_table,
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c
index c0a35cfd886c..c0ac5daf32ee 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  #define NPU5_SRAM_BAR_BASE    MMNPU_APERTURE1_BASE
    static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu5_dev_priv = {
-    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_11/npu.sbin",
+    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_11/",
      .rt_config    = npu4_default_rt_cfg,
      .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu4_dpm_clk_table,
      .fw_feature_tbl = npu4_fw_feature_table,
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c
index 1fb07df99186..ce591ed0d483 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  #define NPU6_SRAM_BAR_BASE    MMNPU_APERTURE1_BASE
    static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu6_dev_priv = {
-    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin",
+    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/",
      .rt_config    = npu4_default_rt_cfg,
      .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu4_dpm_clk_table,
      .fw_feature_tbl = npu4_fw_feature_table,