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Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:50:34 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     Joshua Thompson <funaho@...ai.org>,
        Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

Hi Alexander,

Thanks for your patch!

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 8:42 PM Alexander A. Klimov
<grandmaster@...klimov.de> wrote:
> Rationale:
> Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM
> as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate.
>
> Deterministic algorithm:
> For each file:
>   If not .svg:
>     For each line:
>       If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`:
>         For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`:
>           If neither `\bgnu\.org/license`, nor `\bmozilla\.org/MPL\b`:
>             If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions
>             return 200 OK and serve the same content:

Something must be wrong with your script, as several of them return
"301 Moved Permanently" instead of "200 OK".

>               Replace HTTP with HTTPS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@...klimov.de>

> --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/mac_via.h
> +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/mac_via.h
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
>   *      http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/technology/chrpio/via5.mak.html
>   *      ftp://ftp.austin.ibm.com/pub/technology/spec/chrp/inwork/CHRP_IORef_1.0.pdf
>   *
> - * also, http://developer.apple.com/technotes/hw/hw_09.html claims the
> + * also, https://developer.apple.com/technotes/hw/hw_09.html claims the

No longer contains the original content.  Perhaps it should be replaced by
https://web.archive.org/web/20041012040104/http://developer.apple.com/technotes/hw/hw_09.html
instead?

>   * following changes for IIfx:
>   * VIA1A_vSccWrReq not available and that VIA1A_vSync has moved to an IOP.
>   * Also, "All of the functionality of VIA2 has been moved to other chips".
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
>                                  * on others, 0=disable processor's instruction
>                                  * and data caches. */
>
> -/* Apple sez: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/ov/ov_04.html
> +/* Apple sez: https://developer.apple.com/technotes/ov/ov_04.html

Probably the same, didn't bother to dive into web.archive.org.

>   * Another example of a valid function that has no ROM support is the use
>   * of the alternate video page for page-flipping animation. Since there
>   * is no ROM call to flip pages, it is necessary to go play with the
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/mac/config.c b/arch/m68k/mac/config.c
> index 5c9f3a2d6538..6f2eb1dcfc0c 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/mac/config.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/mac/config.c
> @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static struct mac_model mac_data_table[] = {
>          * Weirdified Mac II hardware - all subtly different. Gee thanks
>          * Apple. All these boxes seem to have VIA2 in a different place to
>          * the Mac II (+1A000 rather than +4000)
> -        * CSA: see http://developer.apple.com/technotes/hw/hw_09.html
> +        * CSA: see https://developer.apple.com/technotes/hw/hw_09.html

Same as above.

>          */
>
>         {
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/mac/macboing.c b/arch/m68k/mac/macboing.c
> index 388780797f7d..a904146dc4e6 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/mac/macboing.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/mac/macboing.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void mac_init_asc( void )
>                          *   support 16-bit stereo output, but only mono input."
>                          *
>                          *   Technical Information Library (TIL) article number 16405.
> -                        *   http://support.apple.com/kb/TA32601
> +                        *   https://support.apple.com/kb/TA32601

This change is fine. Actually the old URL returns 301 to point to the
new URL ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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