goto err_devlink_register;
        }
 
+       if (mlxsw_driver->params_register && !reload) {
+               err = mlxsw_driver->params_register(mlxsw_core);
+               if (err)
+                       goto err_register_params;
+       }
+
        err = mlxsw_hwmon_init(mlxsw_core, mlxsw_bus_info, &mlxsw_core->hwmon);
        if (err)
                goto err_hwmon_init;
 err_thermal_init:
        mlxsw_hwmon_fini(mlxsw_core->hwmon);
 err_hwmon_init:
+       if (mlxsw_driver->params_unregister && !reload)
+               mlxsw_driver->params_unregister(mlxsw_core);
+err_register_params:
        if (!reload)
                devlink_unregister(devlink);
 err_devlink_register:
                mlxsw_core->driver->fini(mlxsw_core);
        mlxsw_thermal_fini(mlxsw_core->thermal);
        mlxsw_hwmon_fini(mlxsw_core->hwmon);
+       if (mlxsw_core->driver->params_unregister && !reload)
+               mlxsw_core->driver->params_unregister(mlxsw_core);
        if (!reload)
                devlink_unregister(devlink);
        mlxsw_emad_fini(mlxsw_core);
        return;
 
 reload_fail_deinit:
+       if (mlxsw_core->driver->params_unregister)
+               mlxsw_core->driver->params_unregister(mlxsw_core);
        devlink_unregister(devlink);
        devlink_resources_unregister(devlink, NULL);
        devlink_free(devlink);
 
        const struct mlxsw_fw_rev *rev = &mlxsw_sp->bus_info->fw_rev;
        const struct mlxsw_fw_rev *req_rev = mlxsw_sp->req_rev;
        const char *fw_filename = mlxsw_sp->fw_filename;
+       union devlink_param_value value;
        const struct firmware *firmware;
        int err;
 
        if (!req_rev || !fw_filename)
                return 0;
 
+       /* Don't check if devlink 'fw_load_policy' param is 'flash' */
+       err = devlink_param_driverinit_value_get(priv_to_devlink(mlxsw_sp->core),
+                                                DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_FW_LOAD_POLICY,
+                                                &value);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+       if (value.vu8 == DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_FLASH)
+               return 0;
+
        /* Validate driver & FW are compatible */
        if (rev->major != req_rev->major) {
                WARN(1, "Mismatch in major FW version [%d:%d] is never expected; Please contact support\n",
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+mlxsw_sp_devlink_param_fw_load_policy_validate(struct devlink *devlink, u32 id,
+                                              union devlink_param_value val,
+                                              struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+       if ((val.vu8 != DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DRIVER) &&
+           (val.vu8 != DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_FLASH)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "'fw_load_policy' must be 'driver' or 'flash'");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct devlink_param mlxsw_sp_devlink_params[] = {
+       DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC(FW_LOAD_POLICY,
+                             BIT(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_DRIVERINIT),
+                             NULL, NULL,
+                             mlxsw_sp_devlink_param_fw_load_policy_validate),
+};
+
+static int mlxsw_sp_params_register(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core)
+{
+       struct devlink *devlink = priv_to_devlink(mlxsw_core);
+       union devlink_param_value value;
+       int err;
+
+       err = devlink_params_register(devlink, mlxsw_sp_devlink_params,
+                                     ARRAY_SIZE(mlxsw_sp_devlink_params));
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
+       value.vu8 = DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DRIVER;
+       devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(devlink,
+                                          DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_FW_LOAD_POLICY,
+                                          value);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static void mlxsw_sp_params_unregister(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core)
+{
+       devlink_params_unregister(priv_to_devlink(mlxsw_core),
+                                 mlxsw_sp_devlink_params,
+                                 ARRAY_SIZE(mlxsw_sp_devlink_params));
+}
+
 static struct mlxsw_driver mlxsw_sp1_driver = {
        .kind                           = mlxsw_sp1_driver_name,
        .priv_size                      = sizeof(struct mlxsw_sp),
        .txhdr_construct                = mlxsw_sp_txhdr_construct,
        .resources_register             = mlxsw_sp1_resources_register,
        .kvd_sizes_get                  = mlxsw_sp_kvd_sizes_get,
+       .params_register                = mlxsw_sp_params_register,
+       .params_unregister              = mlxsw_sp_params_unregister,
        .txhdr_len                      = MLXSW_TXHDR_LEN,
        .profile                        = &mlxsw_sp1_config_profile,
        .res_query_enabled              = true,
        .sb_occ_tc_port_bind_get        = mlxsw_sp_sb_occ_tc_port_bind_get,
        .txhdr_construct                = mlxsw_sp_txhdr_construct,
        .resources_register             = mlxsw_sp2_resources_register,
+       .params_register                = mlxsw_sp_params_register,
+       .params_unregister              = mlxsw_sp_params_unregister,
        .txhdr_len                      = MLXSW_TXHDR_LEN,
        .profile                        = &mlxsw_sp2_config_profile,
        .res_query_enabled              = true,