[RESEND PATCH net-next 2/6] hv_sock: Remove check for old Hyper-V hosts
From: Michael Kelley <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-30 20:11:41
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dri-devel, linux-scsi, lkml, netdev, virtualization
Subsystem:
hyper-v/azure core and drivers, networking [general], the rest, vm sockets (af_vsock) · Maintainers:
"K. Y. Srinivasan", Haiyang Zhang, Wei Liu, Dexuan Cui, Long Li, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds, Stefano Garzarella
With the overall removal of Linux support for running on Hyper-V hosts earlier than WS2016 and Windows 10, the check for such versions during hv_sock initialization is no longer necessary. Remove the check. Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <redacted> --- net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
index 5405c2680dec..855b15971c35 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c@@ -961,9 +961,6 @@ static int __init hvs_init(void) { int ret; - if (vmbus_proto_version < VERSION_WIN10) - return -ENODEV; - ret = vmbus_driver_register(&hvs_drv); if (ret != 0) return ret;
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