From: Ryan Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change H_StudlyCaps to H_SHOUTING_CAPS
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:36:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1143733000.14254.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060330115817.ADB99211AE9@Schermpje.local>
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 13:58 +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> [I hope I got my mailer script to work okay, don't kill me please.]
>
> Also cleans up some nearby whitespace problems.
>
> Signed-of-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
> - else if (rc == H_Parameter)
> + "plpar-hcall (%s) failed; not authorized to this"
> + " function\n", tag);
> + else if (rc == H_PARAMETER)
> printk(KERN_INFO "plpar-hcall (%s) failed; Bad parameter(s)\n",
> tag);
I believe the studly caps were used over shouting caps because the RPA
specification, from which these ret codes were taken, uses Studly Caps.
That probably isn't sufficient justification, just an historical
perspective.
--
Ryan S. Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com>
IBM Linux Technology Center
Linux on Power Toolchain
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2006-03-30 11:58 [PATCH] Change H_StudlyCaps to H_SHOUTING_CAPS Segher Boessenkool
2006-03-30 15:36 ` Ryan Arnold [this message]
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2006-03-30 12:49 Segher Boessenkool
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