On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:28:14AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > It is illegal, whatever the platform is, to tap a PCI device MMIO like
>
> Not "illegal" -> "invalid".
>
> Please get that right as we have far too many incorrect uses of
> "illegal" in publically visible printk calls. Illegal means "prohibited
> by law".
"Illegal" means "prohibited"; not necessarily "by law", though that's the
most common use. It's valid in other contexts, such as "prohibited by
the API". "int *p = 1.5f" is illegal C code. Google for "illegal chess
moves".
There may be political reasons to prefer "invalid" to "illegal", but that
doesn't make it incorrect.
--
Glenn Maynard
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