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Florian Weimer wrote: > jw schultz wrote: > > >>And for the names, perhaps they would care to sue The Open >>Group? > > > Not the names, but the comments. 8-) > > >>http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/errno.h.html > > > The comments were added in Linux 0.99.1, and I'm not sure what was the > source. For example, Linux has: > > #define ENOTTY 25 /* Not a typewriter */ > > Solaris: > > #define ENOTTY 25 /* Inappropriate ioctl for device */ > > Current POSIX: > > [ENOTTY] > Inappropriate I/O control operation. > > I couldn't find any historic Minix header files. Minix 2 has: > > #define ENOTTY (_SIGN 25) /* inappropriate I/O control operation */ In http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/DevToolsMay2002/gcc-937.2/libiberty/strerror.c /* Extended support for using errno values. Written by Fred Fish. fnf@cygnus.com This file is in the public domain. --Per Bothner. */ (...) #if defined (ENOTTY) ENTRY(ENOTTY, "ENOTTY", "Not a typewriter"), #endif FYI there was a proposed patch to change "Not a typewriter" to "Inappropriate ioctl for device". Check the interesting thread of lkml: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.1/0471.html ciao giacomo - 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/ | ||||||||||||
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