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pktcdvd: mark as unmaintained and deprecated
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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>
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Jens Axboe committed Nov 21, 2016
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions MAINTAINERS
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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
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion drivers/block/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -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
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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
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