return 0;
 }
 
+static int sof_select_ipc_and_paths(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
+{
+       struct snd_sof_pdata *plat_data = sdev->pdata;
+       struct sof_loadable_file_profile *base_profile = &plat_data->ipc_file_profile_base;
+       struct sof_loadable_file_profile out_profile;
+       struct device *dev = sdev->dev;
+       int ret;
+
+       /* check IPC support */
+       if (!(BIT(base_profile->ipc_type) & plat_data->desc->ipc_supported_mask)) {
+               dev_err(dev,
+                       "ipc_type %d is not supported on this platform, mask is %#x\n",
+                       base_profile->ipc_type, plat_data->desc->ipc_supported_mask);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       if (base_profile->ipc_type != plat_data->desc->ipc_default)
+               dev_info(dev,
+                        "Module parameter used, overriding default IPC %d to %d\n",
+                        plat_data->desc->ipc_default, base_profile->ipc_type);
+
+       if (base_profile->fw_path)
+               dev_dbg(dev, "Module parameter used, changed fw path to %s\n",
+                       base_profile->fw_path);
+       else if (base_profile->fw_path_postfix)
+               dev_dbg(dev, "Path postfix appended to default fw path: %s\n",
+                       base_profile->fw_path_postfix);
+
+       if (base_profile->fw_lib_path)
+               dev_dbg(dev, "Module parameter used, changed fw_lib path to %s\n",
+                       base_profile->fw_lib_path);
+       else if (base_profile->fw_lib_path_postfix)
+               dev_dbg(dev, "Path postfix appended to default fw_lib path: %s\n",
+                       base_profile->fw_lib_path_postfix);
+
+       if (base_profile->fw_name)
+               dev_dbg(dev, "Module parameter used, changed fw filename to %s\n",
+                       base_profile->fw_name);
+
+       if (base_profile->tplg_path)
+               dev_dbg(dev, "Module parameter used, changed tplg path to %s\n",
+                       base_profile->tplg_path);
+
+       if (base_profile->tplg_name)
+               dev_dbg(dev, "Module parameter used, changed tplg name to %s\n",
+                       base_profile->tplg_name);
+
+       ret = sof_create_ipc_file_profile(sdev, base_profile, &out_profile);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       plat_data->ipc_type = out_profile.ipc_type;
+       plat_data->fw_filename = out_profile.fw_name;
+       plat_data->fw_filename_prefix = out_profile.fw_path;
+       plat_data->fw_lib_prefix = out_profile.fw_lib_path;
+       plat_data->tplg_filename_prefix = out_profile.tplg_path;
+       plat_data->tplg_filename = out_profile.tplg_name;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  *                     FW Boot State Transition Diagram
  *
                }
        }
 
-       /* check IPC support */
-       if (!(BIT(plat_data->ipc_type) & plat_data->desc->ipc_supported_mask)) {
-               dev_err(dev, "ipc_type %d is not supported on this platform, mask is %#x\n",
-                       plat_data->ipc_type, plat_data->desc->ipc_supported_mask);
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
+       ret = sof_select_ipc_and_paths(sdev);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        /* init ops, if necessary */
        ret = sof_ops_init(sdev);
 
--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause)
+//
+// This file is provided under a dual BSD/GPLv2 license.  When using or
+// redistributing this file, you may do so under either license.
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2023 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#include <sound/sof.h>
+#include "sof-priv.h"
+
+static int
+sof_file_profile_for_ipc_type(struct device *dev,
+                             const struct sof_dev_desc *desc,
+                             struct sof_loadable_file_profile *base_profile,
+                             struct sof_loadable_file_profile *out_profile)
+{
+       enum sof_ipc_type ipc_type = base_profile->ipc_type;
+       bool fw_lib_path_allocated = false;
+       bool fw_path_allocated = false;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       /* firmware path */
+       if (base_profile->fw_path) {
+               out_profile->fw_path = base_profile->fw_path;
+       } else if (base_profile->fw_path_postfix) {
+               out_profile->fw_path = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s",
+                                                       desc->default_fw_path[ipc_type],
+                                                       base_profile->fw_path_postfix);
+               if (!out_profile->fw_path)
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+
+               fw_path_allocated = true;
+       } else {
+               out_profile->fw_path = desc->default_fw_path[ipc_type];
+       }
+
+       /* firmware filename */
+       if (base_profile->fw_name)
+               out_profile->fw_name = base_profile->fw_name;
+       else
+               out_profile->fw_name = desc->default_fw_filename[ipc_type];
+
+
+       /* firmware library path */
+       if (base_profile->fw_lib_path) {
+               out_profile->fw_lib_path = base_profile->fw_lib_path;
+       } else if (desc->default_lib_path[ipc_type]) {
+               if (base_profile->fw_lib_path_postfix) {
+                       out_profile->fw_lib_path = devm_kasprintf(dev,
+                                                       GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s",
+                                                       desc->default_lib_path[ipc_type],
+                                                       base_profile->fw_lib_path_postfix);
+                       if (!out_profile->fw_lib_path) {
+                               ret = -ENOMEM;
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+
+                       fw_lib_path_allocated = true;
+               } else {
+                       out_profile->fw_lib_path = desc->default_lib_path[ipc_type];
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (base_profile->fw_path_postfix)
+               out_profile->fw_path_postfix = base_profile->fw_path_postfix;
+
+       if (base_profile->fw_lib_path_postfix)
+               out_profile->fw_lib_path_postfix = base_profile->fw_lib_path_postfix;
+
+       /* topology path */
+       if (base_profile->tplg_path)
+               out_profile->tplg_path = base_profile->tplg_path;
+       else
+               out_profile->tplg_path = desc->default_tplg_path[ipc_type];
+
+       /* topology name */
+       if (base_profile->tplg_name)
+               out_profile->tplg_name = base_profile->tplg_name;
+
+       out_profile->ipc_type = ipc_type;
+
+out:
+       if (ret) {
+               /* Free up path strings created with devm_kasprintf */
+               if (fw_path_allocated)
+                       devm_kfree(dev, out_profile->fw_path);
+               if (fw_lib_path_allocated)
+                       devm_kfree(dev, out_profile->fw_lib_path);
+
+               memset(out_profile, 0, sizeof(*out_profile));
+       }
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static void sof_print_profile_info(struct device *dev,
+                                  struct sof_loadable_file_profile *profile)
+{
+       dev_info(dev, "Firmware paths/files for ipc type %d:\n", profile->ipc_type);
+
+       dev_info(dev, " Firmware file:     %s/%s\n", profile->fw_path, profile->fw_name);
+       if (profile->fw_lib_path)
+               dev_info(dev, " Firmware lib path: %s\n", profile->fw_lib_path);
+       if (profile->tplg_name)
+               dev_info(dev, " Topology file:     %s/%s\n", profile->tplg_path,
+                       profile->tplg_name);
+       else
+               dev_info(dev, " Topology path:     %s\n", profile->tplg_path);
+}
+
+int sof_create_ipc_file_profile(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+                               struct sof_loadable_file_profile *base_profile,
+                               struct sof_loadable_file_profile *out_profile)
+{
+       const struct sof_dev_desc *desc = sdev->pdata->desc;
+       struct device *dev = sdev->dev;
+       int ret;
+
+       memset(out_profile, 0, sizeof(*out_profile));
+
+       ret = sof_file_profile_for_ipc_type(dev, desc, base_profile, out_profile);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       sof_print_profile_info(dev, out_profile);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sof_create_ipc_file_profile);