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| @@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ information on kernel development. | |||
| 56 | 56 | ||
| 57 | 1.2: WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS ABOUT | 57 | 1.2: WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS ABOUT |
| 58 | 58 | ||
| 59 | The Linux kernel, at over 6 million lines of code and well over 1000 active | 59 | The Linux kernel, at over 8 million lines of code and well over 1000 |
| 60 | contributors, is one of the largest and most active free software projects | 60 | contributors to each release, is one of the largest and most active free |
| 61 | in existence. Since its humble beginning in 1991, this kernel has evolved | 61 | software projects in existence. Since its humble beginning in 1991, this |
| 62 | into a best-of-breed operating system component which runs on pocket-sized | 62 | kernel has evolved into a best-of-breed operating system component which |
| 63 | digital music players, desktop PCs, the largest supercomputers in | 63 | runs on pocket-sized digital music players, desktop PCs, the largest |
| 64 | existence, and all types of systems in between. It is a robust, efficient, | 64 | supercomputers in existence, and all types of systems in between. It is a |
| 65 | and scalable solution for almost any situation. | 65 | robust, efficient, and scalable solution for almost any situation. |
| 66 | 66 | ||
| 67 | With the growth of Linux has come an increase in the number of developers | 67 | With the growth of Linux has come an increase in the number of developers |
| 68 | (and companies) wishing to participate in its development. Hardware | 68 | (and companies) wishing to participate in its development. Hardware |
| @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ This document was written by Jonathan Corbet, corbet@lwn.net. It has been | |||
| 115 | improved by comments from Johannes Berg, James Berry, Alex Chiang, Roland | 115 | improved by comments from Johannes Berg, James Berry, Alex Chiang, Roland |
| 116 | Dreier, Randy Dunlap, Jake Edge, Jiri Kosina, Matt Mackall, Arthur Marsh, | 116 | Dreier, Randy Dunlap, Jake Edge, Jiri Kosina, Matt Mackall, Arthur Marsh, |
| 117 | Amanda McPherson, Andrew Morton, Andrew Price, Tsugikazu Shibata, and | 117 | Amanda McPherson, Andrew Morton, Andrew Price, Tsugikazu Shibata, and |
| 118 | Jochen Voß. | 118 | Jochen Voß. |
| 119 | 119 | ||
| 120 | This work was supported by the Linux Foundation; thanks especially to | 120 | This work was supported by the Linux Foundation; thanks especially to |
| 121 | Amanda McPherson, who saw the value of this effort and made it all happen. | 121 | Amanda McPherson, who saw the value of this effort and made it all happen. |
| @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ include: | |||
| 221 | - Everything that was said above about code review applies doubly to | 221 | - Everything that was said above about code review applies doubly to |
| 222 | closed-source code. Since this code is not available at all, it cannot | 222 | closed-source code. Since this code is not available at all, it cannot |
| 223 | have been reviewed by the community and will, beyond doubt, have serious | 223 | have been reviewed by the community and will, beyond doubt, have serious |
| 224 | problems. | 224 | problems. |
| 225 | 225 | ||
| 226 | Makers of embedded systems, in particular, may be tempted to disregard much | 226 | Makers of embedded systems, in particular, may be tempted to disregard much |
| 227 | of what has been said in this section in the belief that they are shipping | 227 | of what has been said in this section in the belief that they are shipping |