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pktcdvd: remove driver.
Way back in 2016 in commit 5a8b187 ("pktcdvd: mark as unmaintained and deprecated") this driver was marked as "will be removed soon". 5 years seems long enough to have it stick around after that, so finally remove the thing now. Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221202182758.1339039-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-pktcdvd

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Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pktcdvd

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F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/pine64,pinephone-keyboard.yaml
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F: drivers/input/keyboard/pinephone-keyboard.c
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PKTCDVD DRIVER
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M: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
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S: Orphan
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F: drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
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F: include/linux/pktcdvd.h
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F: include/uapi/linux/pktcdvd.h
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PLANTOWER PMS7003 AIR POLLUTION SENSOR DRIVER
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M: Tomasz Duszynski <tduszyns@gmail.com>
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S: Maintained

drivers/block/Kconfig

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The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know
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config CDROM_PKTCDVD
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tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media (DEPRECATED)"
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depends on !UML
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depends on SCSI
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select CDROM
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help
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Note: This driver is deprecated and will be removed from the
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kernel in the near future!
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If you have a CDROM/DVD drive that supports packet writing, say
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Y to include support. It should work with any MMC/Mt Fuji
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compliant ATAPI or SCSI drive, which is just about any newer
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DVD/CD writer.
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Currently only writing to CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVDRAM discs
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is possible.
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DVD-RW disks must be in restricted overwrite mode.
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See the file <file:Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.rst>
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for further information on the use of this driver.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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module will be called pktcdvd.
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config CDROM_PKTCDVD_BUFFERS
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int "Free buffers for data gathering"
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depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD
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default "8"
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help
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This controls the maximum number of active concurrent packets. More
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concurrent packets can increase write performance, but also require
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more memory. Each concurrent packet will require approximately 64Kb
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of non-swappable kernel memory, memory which will be allocated when
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a disc is opened for writing.
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config CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE
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bool "Enable write caching"
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depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD
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help
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If enabled, write caching will be set for the CD-R/W device. For now
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this option is dangerous unless the CD-RW media is known good, as we
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don't do deferred write error handling yet.
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config ATA_OVER_ETH
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tristate "ATA over Ethernet support"
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depends on NET

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obj-$(CONFIG_N64CART) += n64cart.o
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obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM) += brd.o
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obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP) += loop.o
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obj-$(CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD) += pktcdvd.o
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obj-$(CONFIG_SUNVDC) += sunvdc.o
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obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD) += nbd.o

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