On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 09:08:55PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > vfio/mdev is the last user of class_compat, and it doesn't use it for > the intended purpose. See kdoc of class_compat_register(): > Compatibility class are meant as a temporary user-space compatibility > workaround when converting a family of class devices to a bus devices. > > In addition it uses only a part of the class_compat functionality. > So inline the needed functionality, and afterwards all class_compat > code can be removed. Is there any reason it can't just be removed entirely?
