linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Make cxl obsolete

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Date: Tue,  9 Apr 2024 13:10:27 +1000
From: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Cc: manoj@...ux.ibm.com, ukrishn@...ux.ibm.com, fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Make cxl obsolete

The cxl driver is no longer actively maintained and we intend to remove it
in a future kernel release. Change its status to obsolete, and update the
sysfs ABI documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-class-cxl | 3 +++
 MAINTAINERS                                             | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-class-cxl (99%)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-cxl
similarity index 99%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-cxl
index cfc48a87706b..8cba1b626985 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-cxl
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+The cxl driver is no longer maintained, and will be removed from the kernel in
+the near future.
+
 Please note that attributes that are shared between devices are stored in
 the directory pointed to by the symlink device/.
 For example, the real path of the attribute /sys/class/cxl/afu0.0s/irqs_max is
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 34f605498873..5eca2c23fb49 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5770,8 +5770,8 @@ CXL (IBM Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface CAPI) DRIVER
 M:	Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>
 M:	Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
 L:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
-S:	Supported
-F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl
+S:	Obsolete
+F:	Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-cxl
 F:	Documentation/arch/powerpc/cxl.rst
 F:	arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-cxl.c
 F:	drivers/misc/cxl/
-- 
2.44.0