I believe they are talking about existing code - i.e. Linus does not want patches to re-wrap existing long lines just to get them under 80. For new code 80 col

I believe they are talking about existing code - i.e. Linus does not want patches to re-wrap existing long lines just to get them under 80. For new code 80 columns is still the recommendation, unless this discussion causes that to be changed.