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From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
To: alex.williamson@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eric.auger@redhat.com, clg@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] vfio/fsl-mc: Mark for removal
Date: Wed,  6 Aug 2025 11:03:11 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250806170314.3768750-2-alex.williamson@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250806170314.3768750-1-alex.williamson@redhat.com>

The driver has been orphaned for more than a year, mark it for removal.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS                       | 2 +-
 drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig       | 5 ++++-
 drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c0b444e5fd5a..25a520467dec 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -26033,7 +26033,7 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
 
 VFIO FSL-MC DRIVER
 L:	kvm@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Orphan
+S:	Obsolete
 F:	drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/
 
 VFIO HISILICON PCI DRIVER
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
index 7d1d690348f0..43c145d17971 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ menu "VFIO support for FSL_MC bus devices"
 	depends on FSL_MC_BUS
 
 config VFIO_FSL_MC
-	tristate "VFIO support for QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc bus devices"
+	tristate "VFIO support for QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc bus devices (DEPRECATED)"
 	select EVENTFD
 	help
+	  The vfio-fsl-mc driver is deprecated and will be removed in a
+	  future kernel release.
+
 	  Driver to enable support for the VFIO QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc
 	  (Management Complex) devices. This is required to passthrough
 	  fsl-mc bus devices using the VFIO framework.
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
index f65d91c01f2e..76ccbab0e3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
@@ -537,6 +537,8 @@ static int vfio_fsl_mc_probe(struct fsl_mc_device *mc_dev)
 	struct device *dev = &mc_dev->dev;
 	int ret;
 
+	dev_err_once(dev, "DEPRECATION: vfio-fsl-mc is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel release\n");
+
 	vdev = vfio_alloc_device(vfio_fsl_mc_device, vdev, dev,
 				 &vfio_fsl_mc_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(vdev))
-- 
2.50.1


  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-06 17:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-06 17:03 [PATCH 0/2] vfio: Deprecate fsl-mc, platform, and amba Alex Williamson
2025-08-06 17:03 ` Alex Williamson [this message]
2025-08-15 10:02   ` [PATCH 1/2] vfio/fsl-mc: Mark for removal Tian, Kevin
2025-08-06 17:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] vfio/platform: " Alex Williamson
2025-08-15 10:02   ` Tian, Kevin
2025-08-15 16:59   ` Mostafa Saleh
2025-08-18 16:52     ` Alex Williamson
2025-08-18 17:33       ` Mostafa Saleh
2025-08-19  9:58         ` Eric Auger
2025-08-20 15:20           ` Mostafa Saleh
2025-08-20 16:29             ` Eric Auger
2025-08-20 20:25               ` Mostafa Saleh
2025-08-25 13:48                 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
2025-08-25 16:15                   ` Alex Williamson
2025-08-25 16:48                     ` Eric Auger
2025-08-07  8:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] vfio: Deprecate fsl-mc, platform, and amba Eric Auger
2025-08-11 20:23 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2025-08-15 14:47 ` Cédric Le Goater

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