Re: [PATCH] fix typo in alpha/lib Makefile comment

Mike Hlavac <[email protected]> Wed, 27 May 2026 07:48:27 -0400

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-alpha
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> On May 26, 2026, at 9:18 PM, Michael Cree <[email protected]> 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 ([email protected])
>> 
>> --- /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.