Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scsi_error: Fix language abuse. | From | James Bottomley <> | Date | Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:57:27 -0600 |
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On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 15:32 +0000, 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 reason. Illegal is a defined term under the SCSI standards, and the messages you are changing actually appear with the word Illegal in the actual ASC/ASCQ definition. If I accept this patch, you'll no longer be able to look the messages up in the relevant standard:
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 ...
James
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