Deprecate ibmc

The ibmc hardware type and related code is no longer being tested in
third party CI. No party has stepped up to continue maintaining and
supporting this code. As such, our standard practice is to deprecate
and remove the driver code.

Change-Id: I8e16d8a2f68623f98ae5e3acce886b29f95eacb5
Story: 2007185
Task: 38310

doc/source/admin/drivers/ibmc.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 iBMC driver
 ===============
 
+.. warning::
+   The ``ibmc`` driver has been deprecated due to a lack of a functioning
+   third party CI and will be removed in the Victoria development cycle.
+
 Overview
 ========
 

ironic/drivers/ibmc.py

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ from ironic.drivers.modules import noop
 class IBMCHardware(generic.GenericHardware):
     """Huawei iBMC hardware type."""
 
+    supported = False
+
     @property
     def supported_management_interfaces(self):
         """List of supported management interfaces."""

ironic/drivers/modules/ibmc/management.py

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class IBMCManagement(base.ManagementInterface):
 
+    supported = False
+
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the iBMC management interface
 

ironic/drivers/modules/ibmc/power.py

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ EXPECT_POWER_STATE_MAP = {
 
 class IBMCPower(base.PowerInterface):
 
+    supported = False
+
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the iBMC power interface.
 

ironic/drivers/modules/ibmc/vendor.py

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class IBMCVendor(base.VendorInterface):
 
+    supported = False
+
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the iBMC vendor interface.
 

releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ibmc-9106cc3a81171738.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``ibmc`` hardware type has been deprecated. While the Huawei team
+    setup Third-Party CI for the driver's inclusion into ironic, the CI
+    unfortunately went down around the time the United States of America
+    announced commerce restrictions against Huawei.
+    
+    Unfortunantely, without third party CI and no contacts to maintain the
+    driver, the ironic community is left with little choice but to deprecate
+    and ultimately remove the driver.