Am 08.03.2009 01:35 schrieb Arjan van de Ven:
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> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:22:28 +0100
> Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> wrote:
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>> Am 07.03.2009 23:26 schrieb Arjan van de Ven:
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>>> ENODEV is what would be more appropriate.
>> Not at all. ENODEV means "no such device", which would be quite wrong.=

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>> The device does exist and is in all probability working perfectly
>> fine. It just doesn't implement that particular ioctl.
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> then -ENOTTY is the right answer

Interesting, though slightly surprising proposition.
"Not a typewriter" is certainly correct. :-)

"Not a tty device", however, which I take is the customary
interpretation, much less clearly so. The device most certainly
is a tty device. It just happens to know a few additional ioctl
commands which may or may not be implemented, depending on the
kernel config.

Not to question your authority, but I would really like a second
opinion on that issue before I adopt your proposition, simply to
minimize the risk of getting another objection from someone else
who feels that ENOTTY is inappropriate in that situation.

Thanks,
Tilman

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