From 6628e7d4c6b25c8d18f1345e3a20d21829aae7e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 13:26:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Linux 7.4-rc1

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

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 451e35112238..f895752d4b05 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 7
-PATCHLEVEL = 3
+PATCHLEVEL = 4
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*