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* [PATCH] n2: fix confusing error code
@ 2006-10-28 18:47 Akinobu Mita
  2006-10-28 22:07 ` Krzysztof Halasa
  2006-11-01  1:20 ` Jeff Garzik
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Akinobu Mita @ 2006-10-28 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, linux-netdev; +Cc: Jeff Garzik, Krzysztof Halasa

modprobe n2 with no parameters or no such devices
will get confusing error message.

# modprobe n2
...  Kernel does not have module support

This patch replaces return code from -ENOSYS to -EINVAL.

Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>

 drivers/net/wan/n2.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: work-fault-inject/drivers/net/wan/n2.c
===================================================================
--- work-fault-inject.orig/drivers/net/wan/n2.c
+++ work-fault-inject/drivers/net/wan/n2.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int __init n2_init(void)
 #ifdef MODULE
 		printk(KERN_INFO "n2: no card initialized\n");
 #endif
-		return -ENOSYS;	/* no parameters specified, abort */
+		return -EINVAL;	/* no parameters specified, abort */
 	}
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", version);
@@ -538,11 +538,11 @@ static int __init n2_init(void)
 			n2_run(io, irq, ram, valid[0], valid[1]);
 
 		if (*hw == '\x0')
-			return first_card ? 0 : -ENOSYS;
+			return first_card ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 	}while(*hw++ == ':');
 
 	printk(KERN_ERR "n2: invalid hardware parameters\n");
-	return first_card ? 0 : -ENOSYS;
+	return first_card ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 }
 
 

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* Re: [PATCH] n2: fix confusing error code
  2006-10-28 18:47 [PATCH] n2: fix confusing error code Akinobu Mita
@ 2006-10-28 22:07 ` Krzysztof Halasa
  2006-11-01  1:20 ` Jeff Garzik
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Krzysztof Halasa @ 2006-10-28 22:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Akinobu Mita; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-netdev, Jeff Garzik, akpm

Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> writes:

> modprobe n2 with no parameters or no such devices
> will get confusing error message.
>
> # modprobe n2
> ...  Kernel does not have module support

Now that's interesting :-)

> This patch replaces return code from -ENOSYS to -EINVAL.
>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
> Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>.
Jeff, please apply.

Thanks.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

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* Re: [PATCH] n2: fix confusing error code
  2006-10-28 18:47 [PATCH] n2: fix confusing error code Akinobu Mita
  2006-10-28 22:07 ` Krzysztof Halasa
@ 2006-11-01  1:20 ` Jeff Garzik
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Garzik @ 2006-11-01  1:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Akinobu Mita, linux-kernel, linux-netdev, Jeff Garzik,
	Krzysztof Halasa

Akinobu Mita wrote:
> modprobe n2 with no parameters or no such devices
> will get confusing error message.
> 
> # modprobe n2
> ...  Kernel does not have module support
> 
> This patch replaces return code from -ENOSYS to -EINVAL.
> 
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
> Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>

applied



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