fix: keep host-device components in NicClusterPolicy

pkg/networkoperatorplugin/maintenance_render_test.go

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestMaxParallelUpgradesRendersInNCPAndNNP(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Run(profile.dir+"/"+releaseName, func(t *testing.T) {
 				rendered := renderFullProfileForMaintenance(t, profile, release, maintenanceYAML)
 				manifestFragment := "11-nicnodepolicy"
-				if release == "25.10" || release == "26.1" {
+				if profile.dir == "host-device-rdma" || release == "25.10" || release == "26.1" {
 					manifestFragment = "10-nicclusterpolicy"
 				}
 				names := fileNamesMatching(rendered, manifestFragment)

profiles/host-device-rdma/10-nicclusterpolicy.yaml

@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ spec:
       image: multus-cni
       repository: "{{.NetworkOperator.Repository}}"
       version: "{{.NetworkOperator.ComponentVersion}}"
-  {{- if versionLT .NetworkOperator.SelectedRelease "26.4" }}
-  {{- /* 26.1 model: NicNodePolicy does not exist; OFED driver and the
-         SR-IOV device plugin are configured here in NicClusterPolicy and
-         apply cluster-wide. legacySriovDevicePluginConfigList aggregates
-         east-west PFs across all groups since NCP is a singleton. */}}
+  {{- /* Keep the host-device OFED driver and SR-IOV device plugin in the
+         cluster-wide NicClusterPolicy. legacySriovDevicePluginConfigList
+         aggregates east-west PFs across all groups since NCP is a singleton. */}}
   {{- if .DOCADriver.Enable }}
   ofedDriver:
     image: doca-driver
@@ -101,4 +99,3 @@ spec:
       {
         "resourceList": [{{ legacySriovDevicePluginConfigList .ClusterConfig .Hostdev .Profile.Multirail (and .NicConfigurationOperator .NicConfigurationOperator.DeployNicInterfaceNameTemplate) }}]
       }
-  {{- end }}

profiles/host-device-rdma/profile.yaml

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ deploymentGuide: host-device-rdma.md
 templates:
   - 00-values.yaml
   - 10-nicclusterpolicy.yaml
-  - 11-nicnodepolicy.yaml
   - 20-ippool.yaml
   - 35-nicinterfacenametemplate.yaml
   - 30-hostdevicenetwork.yaml
-  - 40-example-daemonset.yaml
+  - 40-example-daemonset.yaml