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docs: admin: devices: remove /dev/cdwriter 

Remove /dev/cdwriter from the local symlinks table and from the related
note.

Creation of the symlink was removed from udev in commit [1] that
became a part of release 115 in 2007 [2].

The altered text was added in 1995 [3].

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?id=b1a2b83f2d
    2007-08-11 14:06:03 +0200 Kay Sievers.
    rules: update Fedora rules

[2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?h=7e599863919
    2007-08-24 01:29:54 +0200 Kay Sievers.
    release 115

[3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/diff/Documentation/devices.txt?h=v2.5.45&id=6e995ea941a
    1995-11-21 Linus Torvalds.
    Import 1.3.43

Signed-off-by: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <f5c3f6e9-cd92-47e3-89c3-06dbcfc98c17@gmail.com>
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Max Nikulin 2025-12-23 18:12:23 +07:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -115,7 +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
@ -129,8 +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``).