OK, I see it.

Thanks,
Randy
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|Randy Dunlap     Intel Corp., DAL    Sr. SW Engr.|
|randy.dunlap.at.intel.com            503-696-2055|
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vojtech Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 3:06 PM
> To: Randy Dunlap
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: USB printer driver question
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 02:59:30PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > In usb/printer.c:usblp_write(), it says:
> > 
> >             if (!usblp->writeurb.status) {
> >                     writecount += 
> usblp->writeurb.transfer_buffer_length;
> >                     usblp->writeurb.transfer_buffer_length = 0;
> >             } else {
> > 1:                  if (!(retval = usblp_check_status(usblp))) {
> >                             err("usblp%d: error %d writing 
> to printer",
> >                                     usblp->minor, 
> usblp->writeurb.status);
> > 2:                          return -EIO;
> >                     }
> > 
> >                     return retval;
> >             }
> > 
> > Again, it looks to me like 1: is negated but shouldn't be.  It
> > currently says (paraphrased): if (usblp_check_status() == 0)
> > Shouldn't it say:             if (usblp_check_status() != 0) ???
> > 
> > And on 2:, to be compatible with char/lp.c, shouldn't/couldn't this
> > return retval instead of -EIO?
> > 
> > It would help if I had a USB printer, eh?  Sorry if this is 
> all wrong.
> 
> If you look at the code closer, you'll see that it'll return 'retval',
> the same like lp.c would in case there is any problem reported by the
> printer.
> 
> However, if the printer doesn't report any error in 
> usblp_check_status,
> which then == 0, the driver shouts the error mesage, because something
> bad must be happening, and returns the most reasonable error value it
> can, the -EIO.
> 
> -- 
> Vojtech Pavlik
> SuSE Labs


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