From 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:18:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Linux 7.0-rc1

---
 Makefile | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df471d4212cc..e944c6e71e81 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-VERSION = 6
-PATCHLEVEL = 19
+VERSION = 7
+PATCHLEVEL = 0
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*