Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 May 2001 03:22:12 -0400 | From | Tom Leete <> | Subject | Re: Not a typewriter |
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"Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > I noticed that my favorite "errno" has now gotten trashed by > the newer 'C' runtime libraries. > > ENOTTY has been for ages, "Not a typewriter". > It's now been changed to "Inappropriate ioctl for device". > > Methinks that this means that ../linux/include/asm/errno.h now needs > to be updated: > > -#define ENOTTY 25 /* Not a typewriter */ > +#define ENOTTY 25 /* Inappropriate ioctl for device > */ > > None of these strings are in the kernel, but the headers probably should > show the "latest standard". > > Cheers, > Dick Johnson
Probably so, but I think:
character device => typewriter block => sheet of paper block device => stack of paper
is not a bad analogy.
Cheers Tom
PS. I didn't dare call it a ream of paper ;-)
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