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| author | Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> | 2025-12-23 14:12:23 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2026-01-07 01:06:30 +0300 |
| commit | 3a8501b3a4292d72bc57cc4f4455757985a19151 (patch) | |
| tree | fa94dede3b4c28b7286f82584c0d7ae5927a60e1 | |
| parent | ae4f42ea4cab1457dd4b7aaa27ab259902d213b6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-3a8501b3a4292d72bc57cc4f4455757985a19151.tar.xz | |
docs: admin: devices: remove /dev/cdwriter
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 <manikulin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <f5c3f6e9-cd92-47e3-89c3-06dbcfc98c17@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst index 0dc8c5b98e30..b103ba52776a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst @@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ exist, they should have the following uses. /dev/mouse mouse port symbolic Current mouse device /dev/tape tape device symbolic Current tape device /dev/cdrom CD-ROM device symbolic Current CD-ROM device -/dev/cdwriter CD-writer symbolic Current CD-writer device /dev/scanner scanner symbolic Current scanner device /dev/modem modem port symbolic Current dialout device /dev/root root device symbolic Current root filesystem @@ -129,8 +128,8 @@ exists, ``/dev/modem`` should point to the appropriate primary TTY device For SCSI devices, ``/dev/tape`` and ``/dev/cdrom`` should point to the *cooked* devices (``/dev/st*`` and ``/dev/sr*``, respectively), whereas -``/dev/cdwriter`` and /dev/scanner should point to the appropriate generic -SCSI devices (/dev/sg*). +``/dev/scanner`` should point to the appropriate generic +SCSI device (``/dev/sg*``). ``/dev/mouse`` may point to a primary serial TTY device, a hardware mouse device, or a socket for a mouse driver program (e.g. ``/dev/gpmdata``). |