Re: [PATCH 0/2] vfio/platform: Deprecate vfio-amba and reset drivers

From: Mostafa Saleh
Date: Mon Sep 01 2025 - 17:31:26 EST


Hi Alex,

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 11:57:59AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> Based on discussion[1] there's still interest in keeping vfio-platform
> itself, but the use case doesn't involve any of the current reset
> drivers and doesn't include vfio-amba. To give any users a chance to
> speak up, let's mark these as deprecated and generate logs if they're
> used.
>
> I intend to pull the vfio/fsl-mc removal from the previous series given
> there were no objections. Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250806170314.3768750-1-alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Alex Williamson (2):
> vfio/amba: Mark for removal
> vfio/platform: Mark reset drivers for removal
>
> drivers/vfio/platform/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
> drivers/vfio/platform/reset/Kconfig | 6 +++---
> drivers/vfio/platform/reset/vfio_platform_amdxgbe.c | 2 ++
> drivers/vfio/platform/reset/vfio_platform_bcmflexrm.c | 2 ++
> drivers/vfio/platform/reset/vfio_platform_calxedaxgmac.c | 2 ++
> drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_amba.c | 2 ++
> 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

For the series:
Reviewed-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Mostafa

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