Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753519AbXHZSnS (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:43:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751060AbXHZSnI (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:43:08 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:45497 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750843AbXHZSnH (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:43:07 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:43:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Mike Frysinger cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] errno codes intertwined In-Reply-To: <200708261345.43165.vapier@gentoo.org> Message-ID: References: <200708261345.43165.vapier@gentoo.org> 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: 991 Lines: 29 On Aug 26 2007 13:45, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> can I rely on the same errno across Linuxes? > >nope > >> And should the errno values be fixed up? > >i guess that depends on whether you think it's even broken :) > >no spec requires any errno symbol have an exact numeric value ... i'm guessing >your FUSE is only cross-Linux and you're not planning on dipping into any >other OS ? If the errnos are not the same in the Linux world, it's not even cross-Linux ;-) - but it's always translated to fixed numbers now anyway. I have not really thought about putting it in use on other systems yet. I don't have macosx to test, and Windows generally lacks some fuses. :^) You are free to spin it if you like, http://freshmeat.net/p/ccgfs/ Jan -- - 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/