RE: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustavo F. Padovan [mailto:pao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gustavo F.
> Padovan
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:39 PM
> To: Savoy, Pavan
> Cc: marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver
> 
> * pavan_savoy@xxxxxx <pavan_savoy@xxxxxx> [2010-10-19 16:57:38 -0400]:
> 
> > From: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy@xxxxxx>
> >
> > v3 comments
> >
> > Marcel, Gustavo, & list,
> > Please review this version of patch.
> >
> > Anderson,
> > I have taken care of most of the comments you had.
> > Have re-wrote some of the code commenting you've mentioned.
> > Thanks for the comments,
> >
> > The other few like -EPERM for platform driver registration is to keep
> > it similar to other drivers
> 
> Which drivers returns -EPERM to any kind of error? The are many reasons
> why the funcion can fail, and you want to give the best error report to the
> user. Use EPERM to all of them is just wrong.

Yes, it can fail for plenty of reasons.
So I'll just return whatever I get from platform_driver_register.
Is this OK?


> >type casting is maintained just to feel safe
> > and have style similar to other drivers.
> 
> We don't need to feel safe here. Type cast actually can hide errors,
> only use them when you really need to cast, in many case here you don't.

Ok, I can remove type casting.
I am not really for or against it...

> --
> Gustavo F. Padovan
> ProFUSION embedded systems - http://profusion.mobi
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