From: Jens Axboe Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:33:17 +0000 (-0700) Subject: pktcdvd: mark as unmaintained and deprecated X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5a8b187c61e9cb1aa1e960fcbadb13beb9401e5e;p=linux-beck.git 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 --- diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 1cd38a7e0064..bbc2b39e67e9 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -9551,8 +9551,8 @@ F: arch/mips/boot/dts/pistachio/ F: arch/mips/configs/pistachio*_defconfig PKTCDVD DRIVER -M: Jiri Kosina -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 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