Was it a patch by ESR? From the earlier Linus message, it seems the patch was from another dev: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lkml.org&#x2F;lkml&#x2F;2000&#x2F;8&#x2F;21&#x2F;25" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lkml.org&#x2F;lkml&#x2F;2000&#x2F;8&#x2F;21&#x2F;25</a>