From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:42260 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761135AbXGKJkm (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:40:42 -0400 Subject: Re: Errors when firmware is missing From: Johannes Berg To: Dan Williams Cc: Jon Smirl , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1183844074.16396.3.camel@xo-13-A4-25.localdomain> References: <9e4733910707070927l37bdf79cpd1fc672909fb0bb3@mail.gmail.com> <1183826476.3779.42.camel@johannes.berg> <1183844074.16396.3.camel@xo-13-A4-25.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-wSpTarQAlfju4Qfxcs8t" Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:56:27 +0200 Message-Id: <1184108187.3738.25.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-wSpTarQAlfju4Qfxcs8t Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 17:34 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > Drivers should be returning -ENOENT (the error from request_firmware() > when the firmware isn't found) when userspace sets IFF_UP on the device, > so that userspace has the faintest hope of intelligently informing the > user. Makes sense to me. Since it knows which driver is used it could even tell the user where to get firmware :P johannes --=-wSpTarQAlfju4Qfxcs8t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iD8DBQBGlA6b/ETPhpq3jKURAp+bAJ0VYZka7ZfseD38u4JujCz0JbTpuACePpeX /EXY8I3hMpXB+PqoP7CmMUc= =PtnJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wSpTarQAlfju4Qfxcs8t--