From 254f49634ee16a731174d2ae34bc50bd5f45e731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:19:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Linux 7.1-rc1

---
 Makefile | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6c8a1b2e7c8a2..e27c91ea56fcf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 7
-PATCHLEVEL = 0
+PATCHLEVEL = 1
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
-- 
2.47.3