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docs: admin: devices: remove /dev/cdwriter
authorMax Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:12:23 +0000 (18:12 +0700)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Tue, 6 Jan 2026 22:06:30 +0000 (15:06 -0700)
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>

Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst

index 0dc8c5b98e30095aae3ec61644c2bf0793c9a3a0..b103ba52776a9a25c923e284318bf1ba648949dd 100644 (file)
@@ -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``).