+#include "etherboot.h"
#include "errno.h"
#include "vsprintf.h"
-/* Global "last error" number */
+/** @file
+ *
+ * Error codes and descriptions.
+ *
+ * This file provides the global variable errno
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Global "last error" number.
+ *
+ * This is valid only when a function has just returned indicating a
+ * failure.
+ *
+ */
int errno;
static struct errortab errortab_start[0] __table_start(errortab);
static struct errortab errortab_end[0] __table_end(errortab);
-/*
+/**
* Retrieve string representation of error number.
*
- * If error not found in the error table, generate a generic "Error
- * 0x0000" message.
+ * @v errno Error number
+ * @ret strerror Pointer to error text
+ *
+ * If the error is not found in the linked-in error tables, generates
+ * a generic "Error 0x0000" message.
+ *
+ * The pointer returned by strerror() is valid only until the next
+ * call to strerror().
*
*/
const char * strerror ( int errno ) {