linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: LOL what a patch! change Linus to Linux

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:07:06 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: LOL what a patch! change Linus to Linux

On 1/21/21 6:30 AM, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> s/Linus/Linux/
> 
> ...how dare I?? :)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>

Hi,

You missed a second occurrence of that a few lines later.

However, it is correct as is. It means the kernel tree
that Linus maintains -- sometimes known as mainline.

> ---
>  scripts/patch-kernel | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/patch-kernel b/scripts/patch-kernel
> index 033d5916797d..314e80c252c0 100755
> --- a/scripts/patch-kernel
> +++ b/scripts/patch-kernel
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>  # e.g.
>  #   scripts/patch-kernel . ..
>  #      Update the kernel tree in the current directory using patches in the
> -#      directory above to the latest Linus kernel
> +#      directory above to the latest Linux kernel
>  #   scripts/patch-kernel . .. -ac
>  #      Get the latest Linux kernel and patch it with the latest ac patch
>  #   scripts/patch-kernel . .. 2.4.9
> --
> 2.30.0
> 


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