[linux-dvb] Re: [patch] stv0299 - permission denied

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> 
> Here is a small patch which replaces the return value of stv0299_writereg from 
> permission denied to a timeout message if the i2c_transfer failed. This value 
> is often used as a return value to the ioctl, so it makes more sense to have 
> it return this.
... 
> -	return (ret != 1) ? -1 : 0;
> +	return (ret != 1) ? -ETIMEDOUT : 0;

I changed that to -EREMOTEIO to be consistent with other I2C
related error return values in stv0299.c.

Thanks,
Johannes