[PATCH] vfio/fsl-mc: add myself as maintainer

[PATCH] vfio/fsl-mc: add myself as maintainer

[Ioana Ciornei]

Add myself as maintainer of the vfio/fsl-mc driver. The driver is still
highly in use on Layerscape DPAA2 SoCs.

Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS                       | 3 ++-
 drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig       | 5 +----
 drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c | 2 --
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 26898ca27409..66882df493cc 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -27677,8 +27677,9 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/vfio/
 
 VFIO FSL-MC DRIVER
+M:	Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
 L:	kvm@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Obsolete
+S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/
 
 VFIO HISILICON PCI DRIVER
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
index 43c145d17971..7d1d690348f0 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ 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 (DEPRECATED)"
+	tristate "VFIO support for QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc bus devices"
 	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 ba47100f28c1..3985613e6830 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
@@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ 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))
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH] vfio/fsl-mc: add myself as maintainer

[Alex Williamson]

On Wed,  4 Feb 2026 12:09:12 +0200
Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com> wrote:

> Add myself as maintainer of the vfio/fsl-mc driver. The driver is still
> highly in use on Layerscape DPAA2 SoCs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                       | 3 ++-
>  drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig       | 5 +----
>  drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c | 2 --
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

I was rather looking forward to removing this, but welcome aboard.
Applied to vfio next branch for v6.20/7.0.  Thanks,

Alex

> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 26898ca27409..66882df493cc 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -27677,8 +27677,9 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
>  F:	tools/testing/selftests/vfio/
>  
>  VFIO FSL-MC DRIVER
> +M:	Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
>  L:	kvm@vger.kernel.org
> -S:	Obsolete
> +S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/
>  
>  VFIO HISILICON PCI DRIVER
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
> index 43c145d17971..7d1d690348f0 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
> @@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ 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 (DEPRECATED)"
> +	tristate "VFIO support for QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc bus devices"
>  	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 ba47100f28c1..3985613e6830 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
> @@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ 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))