From: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
To: Mike Hlavac <mike@flyingpenguins.org>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix typo in alpha/lib Makefile comment
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 13:18:36 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ahZGbHHNVIuYyx9t@creeky> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <077B8D13-7C98-467C-A6AF-56A8F372B547@flyingpenguins.org>
On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 07:00:34PM -0400, Mike Hlavac wrote:
> Fix a typo in a comment in arch/alpha/lib/Makefile. “Iff” -> “if"
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Hlavac (Mike@flyingpenguins.org)
>
> --- /home/griffin/kernel-hacking/alpha-lib-typo/Makefile-orig 2026-05-26 14:49:18.246555089 -0400
> +++ arch/alpha/lib/Makefile 2026-05-26 14:50:32.805555377 -0400
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
> asflags-y := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
>
> # Many of these routines have implementations tuned for ev6.
> -# Choose them iff we're targeting ev6 specifically.
> +# Choose them if we're targeting ev6 specifically.
I wouldn't have called that a typo. I would take it to be shorthand
for "if and only if".
Cheers,
Michael.
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2026-05-26 23:00 [PATCH] fix typo in alpha/lib Makefile comment Mike Hlavac
2026-05-27 1:18 ` Michael Cree [this message]
2026-05-27 11:48 ` Mike Hlavac
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