kernel/linux.git/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst, branch linux-7.0.y

docs: admin: devices: remove /dev/cdwriter

2026-01-06T22:06:30+00:00

Remove /dev/cdwriter from the local symlinks table and from the related note. Creation of the symlink was removed from udev in commit [1] that became a part of release 115 in 2007 [2]. The altered text was added in 1995 [3]. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?id=b1a2b83f2d 2007-08-11 14:06:03 +0200 Kay Sievers. rules: update Fedora rules [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?h=7e599863919 2007-08-24 01:29:54 +0200 Kay Sievers. release 115 [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/diff/Documentation/devices.txt?h=v2.5.45&id=6e995ea941a 1995-11-21 Linus Torvalds. Import 1.3.43 Signed-off-by: Max Nikulin Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID:

docs: admin: devices: /dev/sr for SCSI CD-ROM

2025-12-22T21:56:09+00:00

Don't claim that /dev/sr device names for SCSI CD-ROM drives are deprecated and don't recommend /dev/scd alternate names for them. /dev/scd device names for SCSI CD-ROM drives are not in use for more than a decade, see commit [1] that was a part of udev release 174. Earlier, related rules were volatile, sometimes /dev/scd were syminks to /dev/sr, sometimes vice versa. Recognizing of root=/dev/scd kernel command line argument was removed in kernel 2.5.45 [2]. In the docs /dev/scd became recommended names in 2.6.9 [3]. Mention of these names appeared much earlier in 1.3.22 [4]. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?id=d132be4d58 2011-08-12 14:05:19 +0200 Kay Sievers. rules: remove legacy rules for cdrom and usb printer [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/init?h=v2.5.45&id=51924607bd 2002-10-29 00:47:58 -0800 Alexander Viro. [PATCH] removal of root_dev_names[] [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/diff/Documentation/devices.txt?h=v2.6.9-rc4&id=a74e11ffeda 2004-03-16 15:09:38 -0800 Andrew Morton: [PATCH] devices.txt: typos and removal of dead devices [4] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/tree/Documentation/devices.txt?h=v2.6.9-rc4&id=8f0ec1f9369 1995-09-01 Linus Torvalds: Import 1.3.22 Signed-off-by: Max Nikulin Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID:

docs: admin: devices: drop confusing outdated statement on Latex

2022-07-14T21:03:56+00:00

The statement that the Latex version of Linux Device List is unmaintained, must go back to some historic time where there were actually two separate document sources, one in a txt format and another in a tex format (maybe even just on lanana.org). Nowadays, html and tex are generated from the ReST document file and the statement might be confused, believing the actual generated LaTeX document from the maintained ReST document could be an unmaintained one. Remove this statement on the LaTeX version and only keep pointing out that the version on lanana.org is no longer maintained. Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220704122537.3407-6-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation

2020-06-08T15:30:19+00:00

Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200526060544.25127-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

doc:process: add links where missing

2018-12-06T17:21:19+00:00

Some documents are refering to others without links. With this patch I add those missing links. This patch affects only documents under process/ and labels where necessary. Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/admin-guide: split the device list to a separate file

2016-11-03T10:39:23+00:00

Include the literal device list from a separate file. This helps the pdf build. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula

docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved

2016-10-24T10:12:35+00:00

The previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referenced along the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

docs-rst: create an user's manual book

2016-10-24T10:12:35+00:00

Place README, REPORTING-BUGS, SecurityBugs and kernel-parameters on an user's manual book. As we'll be numbering the user's manual, remove the manual numbering from SecurityBugs. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab