Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760592AbXHXUjd (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:39:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755626AbXHXUjZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:39:25 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:51243 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751888AbXHXUjY (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:39:24 -0400 To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: errno codes intertwined References: From: Andi Kleen Date: 24 Aug 2007 22:39:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 545 Lines: 10 Jan Engelhardt writes: > > So I'm just asking: can I rely on the same errno across Linuxes? No. The errnos were originally designed to be compatible with the "native" Unix on that platform to make running their binaries easier. On Sparc that would be SunOS/Solaris. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/