From: Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>
To: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: Commit "[PATCH] USB: Always do usb-handoff" breaks my powerbook
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:40:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051101134035.GH17087@zewt.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1130837294.9145.80.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:28:14AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > It is illegal, whatever the platform is, to tap a PCI device MMIO like
>
> Not "illegal" -> "invalid".
>
> Please get that right as we have far too many incorrect uses of
> "illegal" in publically visible printk calls. Illegal means "prohibited
> by law".
"Illegal" means "prohibited"; not necessarily "by law", though that's the
most common use. It's valid in other contexts, such as "prohibited by
the API". "int *p = 1.5f" is illegal C code. Google for "illegal chess
moves".
There may be political reasons to prefer "invalid" to "illegal", but that
doesn't make it incorrect.
--
Glenn Maynard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-01 13:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-31 5:23 Commit "[PATCH] USB: Always do usb-handoff" breaks my powerbook Paul Mackerras
2005-11-01 0:16 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-11-01 1:41 ` [linux-usb-devel] " David Brownell
2005-11-01 2:41 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-11-01 3:09 ` David Brownell
2005-11-01 3:30 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-11-01 4:17 ` David Brownell
2005-11-01 4:52 ` Paul Mackerras
2005-11-01 5:08 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-11-01 9:28 ` Alan Cox
2005-11-01 13:40 ` Glenn Maynard [this message]
2005-11-01 21:09 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-11-01 3:39 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-11-01 4:06 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-11-01 4:39 ` David Brownell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-11-02 4:21 Aleksey Gorelov
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