pktcdvd: mark as unmaintained and deprecated

This driver is both orphaned, and not really useful anymore. Mark
it as such, and remove it in a future kernel after a release or
two.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1cd38a7e0064e537a95a9fc7473d28cfdb1822f4..bbc2b39e67e9578ea206a50e6a83d84c44a3516f 100644 (file)
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9551,8 +9551,8 @@ F:      arch/mips/boot/dts/pistachio/
 F:      arch/mips/configs/pistachio*_defconfig
 
 PKTCDVD DRIVER
-M:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
-S:     Maintained
+S:     Orphan
+M:     linux-block@vger.kernel.org
 F:     drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
 F:     include/linux/pktcdvd.h
 F:     include/uapi/linux/pktcdvd.h

diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 39dd30b6ef86e8aac5db98a2db52c1f28a3787e3..223ff2fcae7e06d6abc8e8e1d2472ac707828278 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -384,9 +384,12 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
          allocated from highmem (only a problem for highmem systems).
 
 config CDROM_PKTCDVD
-       tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media"
+       tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media (DEPRECATED)"
        depends on !UML
        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