netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac8390: fix pr_info() calls and change return code

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Date:	Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:57:34 +1000 (EST)
From:	Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, p_gortmaker@...oo.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac8390: fix pr_info() calls and change return code


On Thu, 15 Apr 2010, Joe Perches wrote:

> ...Why is it better to use -EBUSY?

Nubus slots are geographically addressed and their irqs are equally 
inflexible. -EAGAIN is misleading because retrying will not help fix 
whatever bug caused the irq to unavailable.

> ...It'd be better to prefix this with the driver name
> or use something like netdev_dbg with #define DEBUG
> otherwise it's "huh? what device emits this message?"
> when reading the logs.
> 
> Something like:
> 	printk(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt("reset not supported\n"));

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll resend again.

> ...unnecessary conversion.

I guess some prefer consistency, some prefer symmetry.

Finn
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