Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/ic/dp8390.c

[Christoph Badura <bad%bsd.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 03:13:16PM -0600, David Young wrote:
> > No, that doesn't make sense at all.  The rules are unambiguous: if you
> > receive an ioctl code that you can't handle you return ENOTTY.  Telling
> > the invoking process in userland, "I'm sorry I know it is really important
> > that you want to perform this *specific* operation on this *particular*
> > device, but I can't do that right now.  Maybe you have better luck with a
> > different device", isn't useful.
> 
> You are ascribing to me an interpretation that I do not have.

Excuse me, where do I ascribe an interpretation to you in the above?

> I do find it useful to distinguish the error conditions.

Can you give a meaningful example?  Preferably one that is meaningful to
a larger audience then yourself.

--chris