From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 06:37:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 06:37:49 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:11931 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 06:37:40 -0500 From: "David S. Miller" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14945.36695.669979.754755@pizda.ninka.net> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 03:36:55 -0800 (PST) To: Andi Kleen Cc: Igmar Palsenberg , Harald Welte , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.0 + iproute2 In-Reply-To: <20010114123310.A23011@gruyere.muc.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <14945.26991.35849.95234@pizda.ninka.net> <14945.28354.209720.579437@pizda.ninka.net> <20010114115215.A22550@gruyere.muc.suse.de> <14945.34208.281500.226085@pizda.ninka.net> <20010114123310.A23011@gruyere.muc.suse.de> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 13) "Crater Lake" XEmacs Lucid Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andi Kleen writes: > How would you pass the extended errors? As strings or as to be > defined new numbers? I would prefer strings, because the number > namespace could turn out to be as nasty to maintain as the current > sysctl one. Textual error messages for system calls never belong in the kernel. Put it in glibc or wherever. Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/