iavf: delete the iavf client interface
authorMichal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:59:41 +0000 (10:59 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:35:49 +0000 (15:35 -0700)
commit36d0395b30f822ab4910cdac5438ab0185a6723f
tree172333fbf82c9f9a24dbc3a04a3352154b3d9c54
parentb5b219a1fa5faeb69b356e0ed3e14136887a905c
iavf: delete the iavf client interface

The iavf client interface was added in 2017 by commit ed0e894de7c1
("i40evf: add client interface"), but there have never been any in-tree
callers.

It's not useful for future development either. The Intel out-of-tree
iavf and irdma drivers instead use an auxiliary bus, which is a better
solution.

Remove the iavf client interface code. Also gone are the client_task
work and the client_lock mutex.

Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231027175941.1340255-9-jacob.e.keller@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/Makefile
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_client.c [deleted file]
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_client.h [deleted file]
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c