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Subject: Re: ac97 interface q 
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> What are your opinions - should the calling code be enhanced to use the interface
> properly (i.e. attempt to detect error conditions) or should the interface be
> dumbed down to its caller's expectations?

Detecting errors is ALWAYS a good idea.  It is very frustrating when
something doesn't work and you have no idea why.