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@@ -246,7 +246,10 @@ CEC_TX_STATUS_LOW_DRIVE:
CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR:
some unspecified error occurred: this can be one of ARB_LOST
or LOW_DRIVE if the hardware cannot differentiate or something
- else entirely.
+ else entirely. Some hardware only supports OK and FAIL as the
+ result of a transmit, i.e. there is no way to differentiate
+ between the different possible errors. In that case map FAIL
+ to CEC_TX_STATUS_NACK and not to CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR.
CEC_TX_STATUS_MAX_RETRIES:
could not transmit the message after trying multiple times.