Forcing the CiP path even if the compiler type was set to "DRIVER"

Author: razvanapetroaie

src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp

@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ICompilerAdapter> Plugin::getCompiler(const Config& config) cons
     _logger.debug("performing createCompiler");
 
     switch (compilerType) {
+    case ov::intel_npu::CompilerType::DRIVER:
     case ov::intel_npu::CompilerType::MLIR: {
         if (_backends->getBackendName() != "LEVEL0") {
             return std::make_unique<PluginCompilerAdapter>(nullptr);
@@ -932,18 +933,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<ICompilerAdapter> Plugin::getCompiler(const Config& config) cons
 
         return std::make_unique<PluginCompilerAdapter>(zeroBackend->getInitStruct());
     }
-    case ov::intel_npu::CompilerType::DRIVER: {
-        if (_backends->getBackendName() != "LEVEL0") {
-            OPENVINO_THROW("NPU Compiler Adapter must be used with LEVEL0 backend");
-        }
-
-        auto zeroBackend = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ZeroEngineBackend>(_backends->getIEngineBackend()._ptr);
-        if (!zeroBackend) {
-            OPENVINO_THROW("Failed to cast zeroBackend, zeroBackend is a nullptr");
-        }
-
-        return std::make_unique<DriverCompilerAdapter>(zeroBackend->getInitStruct());
-    }
     default:
         OPENVINO_THROW("Invalid NPU_COMPILER_TYPE");
     }