Deprecate HyperKit driver with warning (#21024)

* deprecate hyperkit driver with user-facing warning

* apply review suggestions from PR #21024

* apply review suggestions from PR #21024

* apply review suggestions from PR #21024-updating registery priority

Author: divysinghvi

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 	}
 
 	virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName)
+	hyperkitDeprecationWarning(driverName)
 	validateFlags(cmd, driverName)
 	validateUser(driverName)
 	if driverName == oci.Docker {
@@ -405,16 +406,25 @@ func virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName string) {
 	if !driver.IsVirtualBox(driverName) || !detect.MacOS13Plus() {
 		return
 	}
-	suggestedDriver := driver.HyperKit
-	if runtime.GOARCH == "arm64" {
-		suggestedDriver = driver.QEMU
-	}
-	out.WarningT(`Due to changes in macOS 13+ minikube doesn't currently support VirtualBox. You can use alternative drivers such as docker or {{.driver}}.
+	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/
-    https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/{{.driver}}/
-
     For more details on the issue see: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/15274
-`, out.V{"driver": suggestedDriver})
+`)
+}
+
+// hyperkitDeprecationWarning prints a deprecation warning for the hyperkit driver
+func hyperkitDeprecationWarning(driverName string) {
+	if !driver.IsHyperKit(driverName) {
+		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) {

pkg/minikube/driver/driver.go

@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ func IsHyperV(name string) bool {
 	return name == HyperV
 }
 
+// IsHyperKit check if the driver is HyperKit
+func IsHyperKit(name string) bool {
+	return name == HyperKit
+}
+
 // SupportsNetworkFlag reutuns if driver supports the --network flag
 func SupportsNetworkFlag(name string) bool {
 	return IsKIC(name) || IsKVM(name) || IsQEMU(name) || IsVFKit(name)

pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/hyperkit/hyperkit.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func init() {
 		Config:   configure,
 		Status:   status,
 		Default:  true,
-		Priority: registry.Preferred,
+		Priority: registry.Deprecated,
 	}); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("register: %v", err))
 	}