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authorJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>2016-11-21 09:33:17 -0700
committerJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>2016-11-21 09:33:17 -0700
commit5a8b187c61e9cb1aa1e960fcbadb13beb9401e5e (patch)
tree7ed77ae3d996140e143a5cb1731f75e34ea4ea6e /drivers/block
parent9a05e7541c39680d28ecf91892338e074738d5fd (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block')
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/Kconfig5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 39dd30b6ef86..223ff2fcae7e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -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