Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:40:35 -0500 | From | Glenn Maynard <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: Commit "[PATCH] USB: Always do usb-handoff" breaks my powerbook |
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On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:28:14AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > It is illegal, whatever the platform is, to tap a PCI device MMIO like > > Not "illegal" -> "invalid". > > Please get that right as we have far too many incorrect uses of > "illegal" in publically visible printk calls. Illegal means "prohibited > by law".
"Illegal" means "prohibited"; not necessarily "by law", though that's the most common use. It's valid in other contexts, such as "prohibited by the API". "int *p = 1.5f" is illegal C code. Google for "illegal chess moves".
There may be political reasons to prefer "invalid" to "illegal", but that doesn't make it incorrect.
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