linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] n2: fix confusing error code

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Date:	Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:07:59 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] n2: fix confusing error code

Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com> writes:

> modprobe n2 with no parameters or no such devices
> will get confusing error message.
>
> # modprobe n2
> ...  Kernel does not have module support

Now that's interesting :-)

> This patch replaces return code from -ENOSYS to -EINVAL.
>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
> Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

Acked-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>.
Jeff, please apply.

Thanks.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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