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, 2008, 18:07 +0200, "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 discovered! >>> >> il·le·gal (-lgl) >> adj. >> 1. Prohibited by law. >> *2. Prohibited by official rules: an illegal pass in football. >> *3. Unacceptable to or not performable by a computer: an illegal operation. >> >> Mark > > Many early computer programmers including myself, while writing > error messages in early software, did not understand that computer > programmers do not make law so we called bad operations "illegal." > > Once you are called to testify in a court of law, about some > message your code wrote to the screen just before a factory > burned down, you start to be much more careful about the syntax. > > I advise that, regardless of the rewrite of dictionaries and, > in fact, the rewrite of history, whenever possible we use > the correct message syntax. Dictionaries pick up "common usage" > in spite of the fact that it is wrong. See "irregardless" and > other abortions which now exist in the dictionary. > > > Cheers, > Dick Johnson > Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.28 BogoMips). > My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ > _ > > **************************************************************** > The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be > privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic > Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - and destroy all copies of this information, including > any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. > > Thank you. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
