From ab0959480ec93be2490b1f7d277ad7da32841bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 08:17:44 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] redfish_utils module utils: remove redundant code (#9190)

deprecate method instead
---
 changelogs/fragments/9190-redfish-utils-unused-code.yml | 4 ++++
 plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py                   | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/9190-redfish-utils-unused-code.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9190-redfish-utils-unused-code.yml b/changelogs/fragments/9190-redfish-utils-unused-code.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47f7588b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9190-redfish-utils-unused-code.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - redfish_utils module utils - remove redundant code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9190).
+deprecated_features:
+  - redfish_utils module utils - deprecate method ``RedfishUtils._init_session()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9190).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
index 388fc93669..dd559921ae 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         self.strip_etag_quotes = strip_etag_quotes
         self.ciphers = ciphers
         self._vendor = None
-        self._init_session()
 
     def _auth_params(self, headers):
         """
@@ -411,7 +410,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         return msg, data
 
     def _init_session(self):
-        pass
+        self.module.deprecate("Method _init_session is deprecated and will be removed.", version="11.0.0", collection_name="community.general")
 
     def _get_vendor(self):
         # If we got the vendor info once, don't get it again