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vfio/fsl-mc: Mark for removal
The driver has been orphaned for more than a year, mark it for removal.
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250806170314.3768750-2-alex.williamson@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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MAINTAINERS
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drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
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drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/Kconfig
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depends on FSL_MC_BUS
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config VFIO_FSL_MC
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tristate "VFIO support for QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc bus devices"
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tristate "VFIO support for QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc bus devices (DEPRECATED)"
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select EVENTFD
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help
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The vfio-fsl-mc driver is deprecated and will be removed in a
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future kernel release.
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Driver to enable support for the VFIO QorIQ DPAA2 fsl-mc
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(Management Complex) devices. This is required to passthrough
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fsl-mc bus devices using the VFIO framework.
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drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
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drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
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struct device *dev = &mc_dev->dev;
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int ret;
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dev_err_once(dev, "DEPRECATION: vfio-fsl-mc is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel release\n");
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vdev = vfio_alloc_device(vfio_fsl_mc_device, vdev, dev,
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&vfio_fsl_mc_ops);
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if (IS_ERR(vdev))