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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst index e3776d77374b..b103ba52776a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst @@ -97,9 +97,12 @@ It is recommended that these links exist on all systems: /dev/bttv0 video0 symbolic Backward compatibility /dev/radio radio0 symbolic Backward compatibility /dev/i2o* /dev/i2o/* symbolic Backward compatibility -/dev/scd? sr? hard Alternate SCSI CD-ROM name =============== =============== =============== =============================== +Suggested earlier ``/dev/scd?`` alternative names for ``/dev/sr?`` +CD-ROM and other optical drives (using SCSI commands) were removed +in ``udev`` version 174 that was released in 2011. + Locally defined links +++++++++++++++++++++ @@ -112,7 +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 @@ -126,8 +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``). |