Seriously, can't you just add a disclaimer to the README file?
In http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/9/29, Luben Tuikov made an interesting
point that in many cases "illegal" refers to a valid value that violates
the specification, so the term "invalid" may be technically incorrect.
Benny
On Feb. 11,
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
>>
>> The correct word should be "invalid," in spite of
>> the fact that the SCSI committee used invalid syntax.
>>
>> Alan is right. There is nothing illegal in the kernel
>> and if there is, it must be removed as soon
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Mark Hounschell wrote:
linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
The correct word should be invalid, in spite of
the fact that the SCSI committee used invalid syntax.
Alan is right. There is nothing illegal in the kernel
and if there is, it must be removed as soon as it
is
Seriously, can't you just add a disclaimer to the README file?
In http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/9/29, Luben Tuikov made an interesting
point that in many cases illegal refers to a valid value that violates
the specification, so the term invalid may be technically incorrect.
Benny
On Feb. 11,
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 01:50:20PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:32:54 -0500 Douglas Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Alan Cox wrote:
> > > The word "illegal" has a precise dictionary meaning of "prohibited by
> > > law".
> >
> > Also "contrary to or forbidden by official
Alan Cox wrote:
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:32:54 -0500
Douglas Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alan Cox wrote:
The word "illegal" has a precise dictionary meaning of "prohibited by
law".
Also "contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc".
The OED I have here doesn't seem
Alan Cox wrote:
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:32:54 -0500
Douglas Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Cox wrote:
The word illegal has a precise dictionary meaning of prohibited by
law.
Also contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc.
The OED I have here doesn't seem to think
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 01:50:20PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:32:54 -0500 Douglas Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Cox wrote:
The word illegal has a precise dictionary meaning of prohibited by
law.
Also contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations,
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:32:54 -0500
Douglas Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> > The word "illegal" has a precise dictionary meaning of "prohibited by
> > law".
>
> Also "contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc".
The OED I have here doesn't seem to think
--- On Fri, 2/8/08, Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The word "illegal" has a precise dictionary
> meaning of "prohibited by
> law". The error messages are therefore incorrect as so
> far nobody has
> made SCSI violations a criminal offence.
>
> This corrects scsi to match various other
--- On Fri, 2/8/08, Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The word illegal has a precise dictionary
meaning of prohibited by
law. The error messages are therefore incorrect as so
far nobody has
made SCSI violations a criminal offence.
This corrects scsi to match various other subsystems
I've
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:32:54 -0500
Douglas Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Cox wrote:
The word illegal has a precise dictionary meaning of prohibited by
law.
Also contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc.
The OED I have here doesn't seem to think so, however if
Alan Cox wrote:
The word "illegal" has a precise dictionary meaning of "prohibited by
law".
Also "contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc".
So word meanings are like standards, there are so many to choose
from.
The error messages are therefore incorrect as so far nobody
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 15:59 +, Alan Cox wrote:
> > http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc3/spc3r23.pdf
> >
> > By a simple text search.
> >
> > I don't think the pedantry is worth the confusion ...
>
> Ok so we should file a formal change request with T10 instead perhaps ?
As long as that
linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
>
> The correct word should be "invalid," in spite of
> the fact that the SCSI committee used invalid syntax.
>
> Alan is right. There is nothing illegal in the kernel
> and if there is, it must be removed as soon as it
> is discovered!
>
il·le·gal (-lgl)
adj.
> http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc3/spc3r23.pdf
>
> By a simple text search.
>
> I don't think the pedantry is worth the confusion ...
Ok so we should file a formal change request with T10 instead perhaps ?
Alan
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The correct word should be "invalid," in spite of
the fact that the SCSI committee used invalid syntax.
Alan is right. There is nothing illegal in the kernel
and if there is, it must be removed as soon as it
is discovered!
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, James Bottomley wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2008-02-08 at
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 15:32 +, Alan Cox wrote:
> The word "illegal" has a precise dictionary meaning of "prohibited by
> law". The error messages are therefore incorrect as so far nobody has
> made SCSI violations a criminal offence.
Um, I'm really reluctant to do this without an incredibly
Alan Cox wrote:
The word illegal has a precise dictionary meaning of prohibited by
law.
Also contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc.
So word meanings are like standards, there are so many to choose
from.
The error messages are therefore incorrect as so far nobody has
linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
The correct word should be invalid, in spite of
the fact that the SCSI committee used invalid syntax.
Alan is right. There is nothing illegal in the kernel
and if there is, it must be removed as soon as it
is discovered!
il·le·gal (-lgl)
adj.
1.
http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc3/spc3r23.pdf
By a simple text search.
I don't think the pedantry is worth the confusion ...
Ok so we should file a formal change request with T10 instead perhaps ?
Alan
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the
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 15:32 +, Alan Cox wrote:
The word illegal has a precise dictionary meaning of prohibited by
law. The error messages are therefore incorrect as so far nobody has
made SCSI violations a criminal offence.
Um, I'm really reluctant to do this without an incredibly good
The correct word should be invalid, in spite of
the fact that the SCSI committee used invalid syntax.
Alan is right. There is nothing illegal in the kernel
and if there is, it must be removed as soon as it
is discovered!
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, James Bottomley wrote:
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 15:59 +, Alan Cox wrote:
http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc3/spc3r23.pdf
By a simple text search.
I don't think the pedantry is worth the confusion ...
Ok so we should file a formal change request with T10 instead perhaps ?
As long as that we is royal,
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