[RTEMS Project] #2362: ramdisk_initialize() returns an error code and driver initialization error code is ignored in general (was: Configuration/initialization of block device buffer fails silently)

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#2362: ramdisk_initialize() returns an error code and driver initialization error
code is ignored in general
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 Reporter:  mw       |       Owner:  chrisj
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  4.11.1
Component:  General  |     Version:  4.11
 Severity:  normal   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:           |
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Comment (by sebastian.huber):

 The rtems_bdbuf_init() doesn't fail silently.  It returns an error code.
 We even have a test case for this libtests/block17.

 The real problem is that ramdisk_initialize() returns an error code which
 nobody evaluates.  This is a device driver API flaw.

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