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Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:57:27 -0600 From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> To: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi_error: Fix language abuse. On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 15:32 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > The word "illegal" has a precise dictionary meaning of "prohibited by > law". The error messages are therefore incorrect as so far nobody has > made SCSI violations a criminal offence. Um, I'm really reluctant to do this without an incredibly good reason. Illegal is a defined term under the SCSI standards, and the messages you are changing actually appear with the word Illegal in the actual ASC/ASCQ definition. If I accept this patch, you'll no longer be able to look the messages up in the relevant standard: http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc3/spc3r23.pdf By a simple text search. I don't think the pedantry is worth the confusion ... James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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