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On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 09:16 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com> wrote:
> > Right but lets no go changing to octals everywhere, new code sure :)
> > I don't see plans to remove representations entirely from kernel yet.
> 
> Sure. I was just pointing out to the discussion where the *preferred* thing
> happened.

Not really true.  Linus prefers actual octal
and suggested treewide conversions.

https://lwn.net/Articles/696229/