* [PATCH] fix typo in alpha/lib Makefile comment
@ 2026-05-26 23:00 Mike Hlavac
2026-05-27 1:18 ` Michael Cree
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mike Hlavac @ 2026-05-26 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-alpha
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 := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
# Many of these routines have implementations tuned for ev6.
-# Choose them iff we're targeting ev6 specifically.
+# Choose them if we're targeting ev6 specifically.
ev6-$(CONFIG_ALPHA_EV6) := ev6-
# Several make use of the cttz instruction introduced in ev67.
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* Re: [PATCH] fix typo in alpha/lib Makefile comment
2026-05-26 23:00 [PATCH] fix typo in alpha/lib Makefile comment Mike Hlavac
@ 2026-05-27 1:18 ` Michael Cree
2026-05-27 11:48 ` Mike Hlavac
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Cree @ 2026-05-27 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mike Hlavac; +Cc: linux-alpha
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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* Re: [PATCH] fix typo in alpha/lib Makefile comment
2026-05-27 1:18 ` Michael Cree
@ 2026-05-27 11:48 ` Mike Hlavac
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mike Hlavac @ 2026-05-27 11:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Cree; +Cc: linux-alpha
> On May 26, 2026, at 9:18 PM, Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>
> 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.
Interesting. I withdraw my patch request.
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