Commit 5a8b187c authored Nov 21, 2016 by Jens Axboe

pktcdvd: mark as unmaintained and deprecated



This driver is both orphaned, and not really useful anymore. Mark
it as such, and remove it in a future kernel after a release or
two.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>

parent 9a05e754

MAINTAINERS

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		@@ -9551,8 +9551,8 @@ F: arch/mips/boot/dts/pistachio/
		F: arch/mips/configs/pistachio*_defconfig

		PKTCDVD DRIVER
		M: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
		S: Maintained
		S: Orphan
		M: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
		F: drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
		F: include/linux/pktcdvd.h
		F: include/uapi/linux/pktcdvd.h

drivers/block/Kconfig

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		@@ -384,9 +384,12 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
		allocated from highmem (only a problem for highmem systems).

		config CDROM_PKTCDVD
		tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media"
		tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media (DEPRECATED)"
		depends on !UML
		help
		Note: This driver is deprecated and will be removed from the
		kernel in the near future!

		If you have a CDROM/DVD drive that supports packet writing, say
		Y to include support. It should work with any MMC/Mt Fuji
		compliant ATAPI or SCSI drive, which is just about any newer