From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc subsystem, use ENOIOCTLCMD where appropriate
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 23:27:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060517232742.2ac4ccaa@inspiron> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060517142510.b3fcfb7d.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
On Wed, 17 May 2006 14:25:10 -0700
"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 01:30:33 +0200 Alessandro Zummo wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Appropriately use -ENOIOCTLCMD when
> > the ioctl is not implemented by a driver.
>
> so this return value does not go back to userspace?
> Comment in linux/errno.h says:
> /* Should never be seen by user programs */
>
> and ENOTTY is the return value for "Inappropriate ioctl for device":
>
you're right. I'll go for ENOTTY. thanks.
--
Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-17 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-16 23:30 [PATCH] rtc subsystem, use ENOIOCTLCMD where appropriate Alessandro Zummo
2006-05-17 21:25 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-05-17 21:27 ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]
2006-05-18 20:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-05-18 22:32 ` Ingo Oeser
2006-05-18 22:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
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