@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
#
config CXLFLASH
- tristate "Support for IBM CAPI Flash"
+ tristate "Support for IBM CAPI Flash (DEPRECATED)"
depends on PCI && SCSI && (CXL || OCXL) && EEH
select IRQ_POLL
- default m
help
+ The cxlflash driver is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+ kernel release.
+
Allows CAPI Accelerated IO to Flash
If unsure, say N.
@@ -3651,6 +3651,8 @@ static int cxlflash_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
int rc = 0;
int k;
+ dev_err_once(&pdev->dev, "DEPRECATION: cxlflash is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel release\n");
+
dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s: Found CXLFLASH with IRQ: %d\n",
__func__, pdev->irq);
We intend to remove the cxlflash driver in an upcoming release. It is already marked as Obsolete in MAINTAINERS. The cxlflash driver has received minimal maintenance for some time, and the CAPI Flash hardware that uses it is no longer commercially available. Add a warning message on probe and change Kconfig to label the driver as deprecated and not build the driver by default. Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com> --- drivers/scsi/cxlflash/Kconfig | 6 ++++-- drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)