From: Akinobu Mita modprobe n2 with no parameters or no such devices will get confusing error message. # modprobe n2 ... Kernel does not have module support This patch replaces return code from -ENOSYS to -EINVAL. Cc: Jeff Garzik Cc: Krzysztof Halasa Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/wan/n2.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/wan/n2.c~n2-fix-confusing-error-code drivers/net/wan/n2.c --- a/drivers/net/wan/n2.c~n2-fix-confusing-error-code +++ a/drivers/net/wan/n2.c @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int __init n2_init(void) #ifdef MODULE printk(KERN_INFO "n2: no card initialized\n"); #endif - return -ENOSYS; /* no parameters specified, abort */ + return -EINVAL; /* no parameters specified, abort */ } printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", version); @@ -538,11 +538,11 @@ static int __init n2_init(void) n2_run(io, irq, ram, valid[0], valid[1]); if (*hw == '\x0') - return first_card ? 0 : -ENOSYS; + return first_card ? 0 : -EINVAL; }while(*hw++ == ':'); printk(KERN_ERR "n2: invalid hardware parameters\n"); - return first_card ? 0 : -ENOSYS; + return first_card ? 0 : -EINVAL; } _