Messages in this thread |  | | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Date | Sun, 14 Jan 2001 03:36:55 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: 2.4.0 + iproute2 |
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Andi Kleen writes: > How would you pass the extended errors? As strings or as to be > defined new numbers? I would prefer strings, because the number > namespace could turn out to be as nasty to maintain as the current > sysctl one.
Textual error messages for system calls never belong in the kernel. Put it in glibc or wherever.
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