From 2ba29cecda78c232219d5db943a8281a9cf07d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Divy Singhvi <divysinghvi5@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 21:48:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Created warnDriverDeprecated function

---
 cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 020cd198a9..fe8198db46 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 		klog.Errorf("Error autoSetOptions : %v", err)
 	}
 
-	virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName)
-	hyperkitDeprecationWarning(driverName)
+	warnDriverDeprecated(driverName)
 	validateFlags(cmd, driverName)
 	validateUser(driverName)
 	if driverName == oci.Docker {
@@ -402,29 +401,31 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName string) {
-	if !driver.IsVirtualBox(driverName) || !detect.MacOS13Plus() {
+// warnDriverDeprecated prints a small deprecation warning if the selected driver is deprecated
+func warnDriverDeprecated(driverName string) {
+	if driverName == "" {
 		return
 	}
-	out.WarningT(`Due to changes in macOS 13+ minikube doesn't currently support VirtualBox. You can use alternative drivers such as 'vfkit', 'qemu', or 'docker'.
-    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/vfkit/
-    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/qemu/
-    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/
-    For more details on the issue see: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/15274
-`)
-}
 
-// hyperkitDeprecationWarning prints a deprecation warning for the hyperkit driver
-func hyperkitDeprecationWarning(driverName string) {
-	if !driver.IsHyperKit(driverName) {
-		return
+	for _, d := range registry.List() {
+		if d.Priority != registry.Deprecated {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// match driver name
+		if d.Name == driverName {
+			out.WarningT("The '{{.name}}' driver is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.\n    You can use alternative drivers: {{.drivers}}.", out.V{"name": d.Name, "drivers": strings.Join(driver.SupportedDrivers(), ", ")})
+			return
+		}
+
+		// match any alias
+		for _, a := range d.Alias {
+			if a == driverName {
+				out.WarningT("The '{{.name}}' driver is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.\n    You can use alternative drivers: {{.drivers}}.", out.V{"name": d.Name, "drivers": strings.Join(driver.SupportedDrivers(), ", ")})
+				return
+			}
+		}
 	}
-	out.WarningT(`The 'hyperkit' driver is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
-    You can use alternative drivers such as 'vfkit', 'qemu', or 'docker'.
-    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/vfkit/
-    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/qemu/
-    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/
-	`)
 }
 
 func validateBuiltImageVersion(r command.Runner, driverName string) {

From 7be0e00a79d34c3736773018004379e8be36141c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Divy Singhvi <divysinghvi5@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 22:04:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Code fix

---
 cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index fe8198db46..bbad5f28cd 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 		klog.Errorf("Error autoSetOptions : %v", err)
 	}
 
+	virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName)
 	warnDriverDeprecated(driverName)
 	validateFlags(cmd, driverName)
 	validateUser(driverName)
@@ -401,6 +402,18 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName string) {
+	if !driver.IsVirtualBox(driverName) || !detect.MacOS13Plus() {
+		return
+	}
+	out.WarningT(`Due to changes in macOS 13+ minikube doesn't currently support VirtualBox. You can use alternative drivers such as 'vfkit', 'qemu', or 'docker'.
+    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/vfkit/
+    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/qemu/
+    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/
+    For more details on the issue see: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/15274
+`)
+}
+
 // warnDriverDeprecated prints a small deprecation warning if the selected driver is deprecated
 func warnDriverDeprecated(driverName string) {
 	if driverName == "" {