On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 00:21 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > What do you think about this proposed change?
> > Hello, > > > > while rewritting the init script of sl-modem-daemon I noticed that > > modprobe -r does not have reliable && consistant && useful error codes. > > That means, it differs from rmmod and does the following: > > > > - if a module is not loaded, it returns 0 > > > > - if the module is not loaded and is also not available, it returns 1 > > > > - if the module was in use, it also returns 1. It would be nice to see > > the reason for the failure encoded in the return code > > > > The first two should be consistent, I prefer having both return a false > > value, 1. Hmm, modprobe was changed to be idempotent on insert, and that was mirrored in -r. You want --first-time to make not loaded fail. Agreed about return values, though. Patch welcome. Rusty. -- A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
