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authorHans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>2016-12-16 07:22:08 -0200
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-01-30 15:42:47 -0200
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[media] gen-errors.rst: document EIO
Document the EIO error since this can happen anywhere anytime and applications should be aware of this. Also fix typo: exaustive -> exhaustive Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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@@ -94,9 +94,17 @@ Generic Error Codes
- Permission denied. Can be returned if the device needs write
permission, or some special capabilities is needed (e. g. root)
+ - .. row 11
+
+ - ``EIO``
+
+ - I/O error. Typically used when there are problems communicating with
+ a hardware device. This could indicate broken or flaky hardware.
+ It's a 'Something is wrong, I give up!' type of error.
+
.. note::
- #. This list is not exaustive; ioctls may return other error codes.
+ #. This list is not exhaustive; ioctls may return other error codes.
Since errors may have side effects such as a driver reset,
applications should abort on unexpected errors, or otherwise
assume that the device is in a bad state.