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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:12:53 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: adobriyan@...il.com Cc: arend@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: change return values in mac_pton() function From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:09:03 +0300 > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com> wrote: >> The original commit adding this function noted a diverge from usual >> 0=success/-E=fail, but no motivation for it. > > I thought it was obvious, but indeed wasn't explicitely > mentioned in changelog. But see inet_pton(3). Agreed it's better for mac_pton() to be consistent with existing, similar, interfaces like inet_pton. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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