Re: unreadable XML proplists from drvctl(8)

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Bernd Ernesti wrote:

> Can we get 'drvctl -r xyzbus0' to return an error if more then one
> property is available and return the supported values at the same
> time too, in a human readable output?
>
> That would make it more easier to use it.

It already returns an error: EINVARG

UInfortunately, the same error code is used for many other errors that 
are checked in kern/kern_drvctl.c so it is difficult to differentiate 
the specific error condition with explicitly checking the prop-list 
first.


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