Re: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: make VFIO_MDEV user-visible in Kconfig

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 03:35:26PM -0800, JP Kobryn (Meta) wrote:
> From: JP Kobryn <jp.kobryn@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> VFIO_MDEV is currently hidden and only enabled via select by in-tree
> consumers. Out-of-tree drivers such as the NVIDIA vGPU rely on the mdev
> framework but have no way to trigger its selection.
> 
> Add a description and help text to make VFIO_MDEV visible and directly
> selectable.

Just as last time:  no.  out of tree drivers don't matter to the kernel,
and add totally pointless user visible options for them is of course
a no-go.