openvinotoolkit · Maxim-Doronin · Feb 13, 2026 · Feb 12, 2026 · Feb 12, 2026 · Feb 12, 2026
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: 'Compile models for NPU'
 
 inputs:
   compiler-type:
-    description: 'MLIR|DRIVER'
+    description: 'PLUGIN|DRIVER'
     type: string
     required: true
   npu-platform:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ runs:
         python3 -m pip install --require-hashes -r ${{ github.action_path }}/requirements.txt
 
     - name: Prepare OpenVINO environment
-      if: ${{ inputs.compiler-type == 'MLIR' }}
+      if: ${{ inputs.compiler-type == 'PLUGIN' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         cat <<'EOF' > prepare_env.sh

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ def parse_arguments():
         "--compiler-type",
         type=str,
         required=True,
-        choices=["MLIR", "DRIVER"],
-        help="MLIR|DRIVER",
+        choices=["PLUGIN", "DRIVER"],
+        help="PLUGIN|DRIVER",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--compile-tool",

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
         "repository_path": "path/to/model/in.repo",
         "framework": "onnx|pytorch",
         "model_type": "transormer",
-        "category": "MLIR/VPU4000/SILICON",
+        "category": "PLUGIN/VPU4000/SILICON",
         "extra_config": {
-            "NPU_COMPILER_TYPE": "MLIR",
+            "NPU_COMPILER_TYPE": "PLUGIN",
             "NPU_PLATFORM": "VPU4000",
             "DEVICE_ID": "4000",
             "PERFORMANCE_HINT": "LATENCY"

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: 'Download models from different sources'
 
 inputs:
   compiler-type:
-    description: 'MLIR|DRIVER'
+    description: 'PLUGIN|DRIVER'
     type: string
     required: true
   models-config:

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ def parse_arguments():
         "--compiler-type",
         type=str,
         required=True,
-        choices=["MLIR", "DRIVER"],
-        help="MLIR|DRIVER",
+        choices=["PLUGIN", "DRIVER"],
+        help="PLUGIN|DRIVER",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--models-config",

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "repository_path": "path/to/model/in/repo",
       "framework": "pytorch|onnx",
       "extra_config": {
-        "NPU_COMPILER_TYPE": "MLIR|DRIVER"
+        "NPU_COMPILER_TYPE": "PLUGIN|DRIVER"
       }
     }
   ]

@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ outputs:
     description: 'NPU Linux Driver commit SHA'
     value: ${{ steps.read-linux-npu-driver-sha.outputs.drv-sha }}
   omz-repository:
-    description: 'Open Model Zoo Repository full name: for/open_model_zoo'
+    description: 'Open Model Zoo Repository full name: fork/open_model_zoo'
     value: ${{ steps.read-omz-sha.outputs.omz-repository }}
   omz-sha:
     description: 'Open Model Zoo commit SHA'
     value: ${{ steps.read-omz-sha.outputs.omz-sha }}
+  opencv-repository:
+    description: 'OpenCV Repository full name: fork/opencv'
+    value: ${{ steps.read-ocv-sha.outputs.ocv-repository }}
+  opencv-sha:
+    description: 'OpenCV commit SHA'
+    value: ${{ steps.read-ocv-sha.outputs.ocv-sha }}
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
@@ -156,3 +162,20 @@ runs:
         echo "Open Model Zoo commit sha = $OMZ_SHA"
         echo "omz-repository=$OMZ_ORG/open_model_zoo" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "omz-sha=$OMZ_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Fetch and parse OpenCV config from OpenVINO
+      id: read-ocv-sha
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        OV_REPO=${{ steps.read-openvino-sha.outputs.openvino-repository }}
+        OV_SHA=${{ steps.read-openvino-sha.outputs.openvino-sha }}
+        JSON=$(curl -sS --fail --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 \
+          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" \
+          https://api.github.com/repos/${OV_REPO}/contents/src/plugins/intel_npu/tools/opencv_version.json?ref=${OV_SHA} \
+        )
+        OCV_ORG=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r 'to_entries[0].key')
+        OCV_SHA=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r 'to_entries[0].value')
+        echo "OpenCV orgranization = $OCV_ORG"
+        echo "OpenCV commit sha = $OCV_SHA"
+        echo "ocv-repository=$OCV_ORG/opencv" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "ocv-sha=$OCV_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ jobs:
     with:
       os: ubuntu_24_04
       build-runner: ubuntu-latest-32-cores
-      build-mlir: true
+      build-plugin: true
       build-driver: false
       with-codeql: true
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sed -i "s|^set(OPENVINO_REPOSITORY .*|set(OPENVINO_REPOSITORY https://github.com/${{ steps.versions.outputs.openvino-repository }})|" ${NPU_DRIVER_REPO}/compiler/compiler_source.cmake
           sed -i "s|^set(OPENVINO_REVISION .*|set(OPENVINO_REVISION ${{ steps.versions.outputs.openvino-sha }})|" ${NPU_DRIVER_REPO}/compiler/compiler_source.cmake
+          sed -i "s|^set(OPENCV_REVISION .*|set(OPENCV_REVISION ${{ steps.versions.outputs.opencv-sha }})|" ${NPU_DRIVER_REPO}/compiler/compiler_source.cmake
           sed -i '/GIT_REPOSITORY/{n;s|https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/npu_compiler.git|https://github.com/${{ steps.versions.outputs.npu-compiler-repository }}.git|}' ${NPU_DRIVER_REPO}/compiler/compiler_source.cmake
           sed -i "s|^set(NPU_COMPILER_TAG .*|set(NPU_COMPILER_TAG ${{ steps.versions.outputs.npu-compiler-tag }})|" ${NPU_DRIVER_REPO}/compiler/compiler_source.cmake
           sed -i "s|^set(NPU_COMPILER_REVISION .*|set(NPU_COMPILER_REVISION ${{ steps.versions.outputs.npu-compiler-sha }})|" ${NPU_DRIVER_REPO}/compiler/compiler_source.cmake

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Linux MLIR Build
+name: Linux Plugin Build
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ on:
         description: 'A string of options passed to NPU Driver CMake'
         type: string
         required: false
-      build-mlir:
-        description: 'Whether to build MLIR NPU Compiler'
+      build-plugin:
+        description: 'Whether to build Plugin NPU Compiler'
         type: boolean
         required: false
         default: true
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ env:
   OPENVINO_INSTALL_DIR: ./openvino_install
 
 jobs:
-  BuildMLIR:
-    name: MLIR / Build
-    if: ${{ inputs.build-mlir }}
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/job_build_mlir_linux.yml
+  BuildPlugin:
+    name: Plugin / Build
+    if: ${{ inputs.build-plugin }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/job_build_plugin_linux.yml
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read
@@ -134,27 +134,27 @@ jobs:
       build-cache: ${{ inputs.build-cache }}
       build-cache-key-suffix: ${{ inputs.build-cache-key-suffix }}
 
-  MLIRUnitTests:
-    name: MLIR / Unit Tests
-    needs: BuildMLIR
+  PluginUnitTests:
+    name: Plugin / Unit Tests
+    needs: BuildPlugin
     if: ${{ inputs.run-unit-tests || inputs.run-lit-tests }}
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/job_tests_unit_mlir_linux.yml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/job_tests_unit_plugin_linux.yml
     with:
       test-runner: ${{ inputs.test-runner }}
-      install-package: ${{ needs.BuildMLIR.outputs.build-package }}
+      install-package: ${{ needs.BuildPlugin.outputs.build-package }}
       run-unit-tests: ${{ inputs.run-unit-tests }}
       run-lit-tests: ${{ inputs.run-lit-tests }}
 
-  MLIRCompilationTests:
-    name: MLIR / Compilation Tests
-    needs: BuildMLIR
+  PluginCompilationTests:
+    name: Plugin / Compilation Tests
+    needs: BuildPlugin
     if: ${{ inputs.run-compilation-tests }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/job_tests_compilation_linux.yml
     with:
       os: ${{ inputs.os }}
       test-runner: ${{ inputs.test-runner }}
-      install-package: ${{ needs.BuildMLIR.outputs.build-package }}
-      compiler-type: MLIR
+      install-package: ${{ needs.BuildPlugin.outputs.build-package }}
+      compiler-type: PLUGIN
 
   DriverCompilationTests:
     name: Driver / Compilation Tests

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
         type: string
         required: true
       compiler-type:
-        description: 'MLIR or DRIVER'
+        description: 'PLUGIN or DRIVER'
         type: string
         required: true
       export-blobs:

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       test-runner: ubuntu-22.04-8-cores
       build-cache: true
       build-cache-key-suffix: ${{ github.sha }}
-      build-mlir: true
+      build-plugin: true
       build-driver: true
       build-cid: true
       run-unit-tests: true

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       test-runner: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
       build-cache: true
       build-cache-key-suffix: ${{ github.sha }}
-      build-mlir: true
+      build-plugin: true
       build-driver: true
       build-cid: true
       run-unit-tests: true

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 *.*project
 *.orig
 .settings
+.clangd
 
 # Build results
 [Bb]uild*/

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	url = https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/npu_plugin_elf.git
 [submodule "thirdparty/llvm-project"]
 	path = thirdparty/llvm-project
-	url = https://github.com/intel/npu-plugin-llvm.git
+	url = https://github.com/intel-staging/npu-compiler-llvm.git
 [submodule "thirdparty/vpucostmodel"]
 	path = thirdparty/vpucostmodel
 	url = https://github.com/intel/npu-nn-cost-model.git

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2022-2025 Intel Corporation.
+# Copyright (C) 2022-2026 Intel Corporation.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
@@ -117,9 +117,15 @@ if (ENABLE_SPLIT_DWARF)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_DEVELOPER_BUILD OR uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "DEBUG")
-    enable_asserts()
+    # align this to LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS
+    # if it's undefined, consider it's ON (== developer build || debug)
+    if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS OR LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS)
+        enable_asserts()
+    endif()
 endif()
 
+enable_color_diagnostics()
+
 #
 # Sub-directories
 #
@@ -150,17 +156,21 @@ else()
     endif()
 endif()
 
-add_subdirectory(thirdparty EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
+if (ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY_PLUGIN)
+    # to enable clang-tidy plugin for a target T call `enable_clang_tidy_plugin(T)`
+    # make sure `add_clang_tidy_plugin` has been called first just once
+    # with a path to the plugin source directory
+    include(cmake/clang_tidy_plugin.cmake)
+    add_clang_tidy_plugin("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/clang_tidy_plugin")
+endif()
 
+add_subdirectory(thirdparty EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 if(ENABLE_DEVELOPER_BUILD)
     add_compile_definitions(VPUX_DEVELOPER_BUILD)
 endif()
 
-if(ENABLE_MLIR_COMPILER)
-    add_subdirectory(sw_runtime_kernels/kernels)
-endif()
+add_subdirectory(sw_runtime_kernels/kernels)
 
 add_subdirectory(src)