From 3a8501b3a4292d72bc57cc4f4455757985a19151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Nikulin Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:12:23 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: --- Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst index 0dc8c5b98e300..b103ba52776a9 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``). -- 2.47.3