Re: Linux should define ENOTSUP

Samuel Thibault
2006-12-06T16:13:41Z

H. Peter Anvin, le Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:35:49 -0800, a écrit :
> Samuel Thibault wrote:
> >>The two can't be done at the same time. In fact, the two probably can't
> >>be done without a period of quite a few *years* between them.
> >
> >Not a reason for not doing it ;)
>
> No, but breakage is. There has to be a major benefit to justify the
> cost, and you, at least, have not provided such a justification.

Well, as I said, existing code like

switch(errno) {
case ENOTSUP:
foo();
break;
case EOPNOTSUP:
bar();
break;
}

Samuel