[U-Boot] [PATCH V2] mvsata_ide: adjust port init sequence
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Tue Sep 7 16:06:30 CEST 2010
Dear Prafulla Wadaskar,
In message <F766E4F80769BD478052FB6533FA745D19A6879824 at SC-VEXCH4.marvell.com> you wrote:
>
> Negative always represents errors,
> whereas positive may represent some valid return state.
He. This is _not_quite_ correct. Not in U-Boot, and not in genreal.
[But your comment asking for a negative return code is valid, of
course.]
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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Zero is an enigmatic value. It can mean success (fclose) or failure
(scanf). It can mean black or white. It can mean no permissions
(chmod) or all permissions (umask). It can mean now (setjmp) or later
(atexit). It can mean the beginning (lseek) or the end (read). It can
mean myself (getpgrp) or child (fork). It can mean all (kill's 1st
argument) or nothing (kill's 2nd argument). It can mean `default'
(SIG_IGN) or `I don't care' (waitpid) or `try to guess' (strtol).
Indeed 0 lets you talk to God (setuid).
Verily is 0 all things to all people.
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