netdev - Re: [PATCH 01/15] hamradio: baycom: remove BAYCOM

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:50:59 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     наб <nabijaczleweli@...ijaczleweli.xyz>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
        Hu Haowen <src.res@...il.cn>,
        Thomas Sailer <t.sailer@...mni.ethz.ch>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kiciński <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc-tw-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/15] hamradio: baycom: remove BAYCOM_MAGIC

On 10/28/22 20:43, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>
>> Also, s/Kill it/Remove BAYCOM_MAGIC from magic numbers table/ (your
>> wording is kinda mature).
>>
> 
> The kernel has almost 13 thousand kills...
> 
> $ git grep -i kill | wc -l
> 12975
> $
> 
> It's fine.
> 

The word meaning depends on context. In this case, the author means
removing SOME_MAGIC magic number from the table, one by one until
the magic number documentation is removed (due to historical cruft).

Thanks.

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