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From: David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.25-git] i2c_adapters:  return -Errno not -1
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 09:44:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200805120944.21091.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080512160537.13e7739a-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>

On Monday 12 May 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> 
> > > would be more appropriate than -EILSEQ, I think.
> > 
> > How about "-EPROTO" for protocol error, then, if you're so
> > strongly opposed to "illegal byte sequence"?  The reason I
> > avoided EPROTO in that case is that it's so generic; while
> > we could use EILSEQ to indicate this specific case.
> 
> -EPROTO sounds good to me. We're not using it anywhere in the i2c
> subsystem so there's no need to worry about it being "too generic".

I'd be happier with EILSEQ, matching related use elsewhere in
Linux, but it's now been switched to EPROTO.



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-12 16:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-02  3:46 [patch 2.6.25-git] i2c_adapters: return -Errno not -1 David Brownell
     [not found] ` <200805012046.07885.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-10 18:18   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]     ` <20080510201825.489198d2-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11  7:32       ` David Brownell
2008-05-12 16:48       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805120948.23842.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-14 12:17           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080514141738.327be680-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-14 14:48               ` David Brownell
2008-05-14 14:50               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805140750.49365.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-15 18:33                   ` Jean Delvare
2008-05-10 20:55   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]     ` <20080510225548.36297637-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11  8:17       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805110117.23023.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11 10:26           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080511122647.1e04c9c0-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11 16:23               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805110923.44693.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 14:05                   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                     ` <20080512160537.13e7739a-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 16:44                       ` David Brownell [this message]
2008-05-11 17:13       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805111013.25440.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 13:05           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080512150512.1837e3e7-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 16:25               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805120925.33533.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 16:54                   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                     ` <20080512185439.1a9cf3c1-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 17:08                       ` David Brownell
2008-05-11 17:16       ` David Brownell
2008-05-12 16:43       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805120943.04899.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-15 17:16           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080515191631.7791346c-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-18  0:54               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805171754.15976.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-18  7:06                   ` Jean Delvare

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