a small step towards standardized comedi error codes

diff --git a/include/linux/comedi_errno.h b/include/linux/comedi_errno.h
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+/*
+    comedi_errno.h
+    header file for comedi's symbolic error names
+
+    COMEDI - Linux Control and Measurement Device Interface
+    Copyright (C) 1997-2000 David A. Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef _COMEDI_ERRNO_H
+#define _COMEDI_ERRNO_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#else
+#include <errno.h>
+#endif
+
+// define symbolic error names, extensions peculiar to comedi
+#define COMEDI_NOERROR         0X1000
+
+#define EUNKNOWN               (COMEDI_NOERROR + 1)            // unknown error
+#define EBAD_CT                (COMEDI_NOERROR + 2)            // bad comedi_t struct
+#define EINVAL_SUBD            (COMEDI_NOERROR + 3)            // invalid subdevice
+#define EINVAL_CHAN            (COMEDI_NOERROR + 4)            // invalid channel
+#define EBUF_OVR               (COMEDI_NOERROR + 5)            // buffer overflow
+#define EBUF_UNDR              (COMEDI_NOERROR + 6)            // buffer underflow
+
+#endif // _COMEDI_ERRNO_H