Re: [PATCH] docs: admin: devices: /dev/sr<N> for SCSI CD-ROM

[Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>]

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On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 10:01:41PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 29/11/2025 13:13, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 12:12:32AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> > > +Usage of ``/dev/scd?`` as alternate SCSI CD-ROM names for ``sr?`` devices
> > > +ended around year 2011.
> > 
> > What about "Support for /dev/scd? as alternative names for /dev/sr? has been
> > removed in 2011"?
> 
> If others support your suggestion then I do not mind. Feel free to commit
> preferred variant ignoring my patch.
> 
> I would be more verbose however by adding that it was removed namely from
> udev:
> 
> Creation of ``/dev/scd?`` alternative names for ``sr?`` CD-ROM and other
> optical drives (using SCSI commands) was removed in ``udev-174`` (released
> in 2011).

This one looks better.

> 
> Perhaps I am biased by my confusion. Noticed that wodim tries to access
> currently absent /dev/scd0 for kernels >= X.6, I tried git blame game in
> kernel repository to find kernel version when scd<N> were renamed to sr<N>.
> It took some time for me to realize that it is impossible to determine scd
> vs. sr from kernel version. That is why I would consider adding explicit
> mention of udev. Otherwise for me it sounds like that scd? names were
> removed from kernel. I am not a native English speaker, so I do not insist
> on my variant.
> 
> How long I should wait for comments before submitting another revision of
> the patch? I hope, pending changes are not an obstacle for those who are
> tempting to review the whole devices.rst file.

Since we're in rc7 (and 6.18 release is tomorrow), you need to wait until at
least two weeks later (when 6.19 merge window closes) and repost. Don't forget
to Cc me anyway.

Thanks.

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