Pktcdvd Module Mysteriously Missing in Newer Kernels

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I tried to run the pktsetup utility to use a DVD+RW as a block device (don’t worry about why) and was met with the error:

modprobe: FATAL: Module pktcdvd not found in directory /lib/modules/6.17.9-300.fc43.x86_64
pktsetup: Error: Can’t load pktcdvd kernel module
pktsetup: Error: Can’t find pktcdvd character device number

After some investigation, is seems the module is no longer included in any of the current kernel or module packages. It seems to have vanished between 6.15 and 6.17, as the older 6.15 kernel that’s lingering from before I updated to 43 still has it, but neither the 42 nor 43 versions of 6.17.9, or any newer kernel, have it. The headers are still in the devel packages, and the utilities that rely on it are still available, but the module itself isn’t anywhere to be found.

I have all the optional kernel-modules packages installed, and I even tried running `dnf repoquery -l kernel\* | grep pktcdvd", but the only occurrence of the name is for the header files.

Does anyone know where this module went?

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No mystery: https://www.linuxencaja.net/en/linux-6-17-plans-to-do-away-with-the-pktcdvd-driver-for-writing-packets-to-cd-dvd/

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That’s what I was afraid of.

It looks like I’ll be facing yet more cursed workarounds to do what I want, but I suppose I expected that.

Thanks anyway.