Direct firmware load was failing for my USB WiFI adapter because kernel tried to load form mediatek/mt76*.,bin This is also the approach followed for this firmware by other OSes
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+mediatek/mt7601.bin
+mediatek/mt7601u.bin
+mediatek/mt7610u.bin
+mediatek/mt7662.bin
+mediatek/mt7662_rom_patch.bin