Re: [PATCH] [NET] [ISDN]: Do not validate ISDN net device address prior to interface-up

Jarek Poplawski
2008-04-13T08:23:12Z

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:05:08AM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
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> In my opinion a proper error code like EADDRNOTAVAIL is enough, we
> have thousands of checks that might make things fail, should we
> add a printk to every one of those?

IMHO yes - but only when "the functionality" is changed causing
regressions like this. BTW, I've assisted some similar case in
bugzilla, and I guess users will still ask for an explanation after
this error code change.

Jarek P.