[PATCH 1/2] vfio/fsl-mc: Mark for removal

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



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

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-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





[Index of Archives]     [KVM ARM]     [KVM ia64]     [KVM ppc]     [Virtualization Tools]     [Spice Development]     [Libvirt]     [Libvirt Users]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite Questions]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]

  Powered by Linux