On Wed, 8 May 2002, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:23:03PM -0400, Chris BeHanna wrote:
> > The generated documentation in your Kernel API section contains a
> > grievous error: the return values for usb_control_msg() are listed as
> > negative for error, 0 for success. This is not correct: a successful
> > return for usb_control_msg() will result in a nonnegative integer
> > indicating the actual number of bytes sent or received in the "data"
> > parameter.
> >
> > Please fix this ASAP. This mistake cost me a lot of time, and I'd hate
> > to see others hamstrung by it.
>
> So kind of you to send a patch :)
If I knew to whom to send a patch, I could send one. You were my
first point of contact (and it was late, and my coffee cup was long
since empty, and <insert excuse here>).
> Also, if you look in 2.5, this is already fixed.
2.5 is not a production kernel. Besides, this needs to be fixed
in 2.4, which, I surmise, has at least a few more months of life
before anything resembling 2.6 becomes available.
> Might I ask what kind of USB driver you wrote?
I'm writing a driver for a two-sided checkscanner. It's not quite
ready for prime time.
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