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
> From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2025 1:03 AM > > The driver has been orphaned for more than a year, mark it for removal. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
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