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| author | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2025-07-05 14:19:50 -0600 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2025-07-07 07:02:42 -0600 |
| commit | 1cea5180f2f812c444ceebdc40f5d001bedd030d (patch) | |
| tree | 9788671a6edace905d96c7ca2d1af269c24de3c9 /drivers/block/Kconfig | |
| parent | 10d77a8c60b2b117868a64875a55c4c8db6f1f2e (diff) | |
block: remove pktcdvd driver
This driver has long outlived it's utility, and it's broken and unloved.
The main use case for this was direct mount with UDF of cd-rw drives
that required 32kb packets. It would collect writes into that size and
write them out in multiples of that. That's not a common use case
anymore, the world has moved on from those kinds of media. To make
matters worse, it's actively breaking setups where it's not even
required or useful.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/fxg6dksau4jsk3u5xldlyo2m7qgiux6vtdrz5rywseotsouqdv@urcrwz6qtd3r/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/dcc4836e-6da9-4208-ad27-bbd44b3a2063@kernel.dk/
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/Kconfig | 43 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index 0f70e2374e7f..df38fb364904 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -256,49 +256,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know what you are doing. -config CDROM_PKTCDVD - tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media (DEPRECATED)" - depends on !UML - depends on SCSI - select CDROM - 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 - DVD/CD writer. - - Currently only writing to CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVDRAM discs - is possible. - DVD-RW disks must be in restricted overwrite mode. - - See the file <file:Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.rst> - for further information on the use of this driver. - - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the - module will be called pktcdvd. - -config CDROM_PKTCDVD_BUFFERS - int "Free buffers for data gathering" - depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD - default "8" - help - This controls the maximum number of active concurrent packets. More - concurrent packets can increase write performance, but also require - more memory. Each concurrent packet will require approximately 64Kb - of non-swappable kernel memory, memory which will be allocated when - a disc is opened for writing. - -config CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE - bool "Enable write caching" - depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD - help - If enabled, write caching will be set for the CD-R/W device. For now - this option is dangerous unless the CD-RW media is known good, as we - don't do deferred write error handling yet. - config ATA_OVER_ETH tristate "ATA over Ethernet support" depends on NET |