Aww man this is so disappointing. Intel has a pretty good track record with their Linux drivers. Too bad cost-cutting seems to have reached driver development too.
Intel has been developing a new graphics driver stack for Xe, which will officially support SR-IOV from Xe2 onward, https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-New-Xe-Linux-Driver. It makes sense to focus Intel resources on the new hardware and driver architecture, but thanks to OSS, the existing stable driver can also be improved by community contributions.
