Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 1:32 AM, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> Does anyone know?
It came with the original script in 2.3.52-pre1, somewhere around March 2000. It came with the original script in 2.3.52-pre1, somewhere around March 2000. (Historical footnote: there was no actual 2.3.52 ever released - it was supposed turn into 2.4, but there was a long line of 2.3.99-pre kernels before that then finally happened early 2001). And even with git, we probably wouldn't have had a reason since it came in the initial patch.
since it came in the initial patch.
You'd have to go search emails if you really care. That "around March 2000" would at least give you a starting point for searches.
It came with the original script in 2.3.52-pre1, somewhere around March 2000. It came with the original script in 2.3.52-pre1, somewhere around March 2000. (Historical footnote: there was no actual 2.3.52 ever released - it was supposed turn into 2.4, but there was a long line of 2.3.99-pre kernels before that then finally happened early 2001). And even with git, we probably wouldn't have had a reason since it came in the initial patch.
since it came in the initial patch.
You'd have to go search emails if you really care. That "around March 2000" would at least give you a starting point for searches.