Re: [PATCH] net: change return values in mac_pton() function

From: Alexey Dobriyan <redacted>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:09:03 +0300

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Arend van Spriel [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

The original commit adding this function noted a diverge from usual
0=success/-E=fail, but no motivation for it.

I thought it was obvious, but indeed wasn't explicitely
mentioned in changelog. But see inet_pton(3).

Agreed it's better for mac_pton() to be consistent with existing,
similar, interfaces like inet_pton.