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[PATCH 1/1] net: phy: Do not do CL22 phy reset before ethernet phy driver probe
 2024-10-14  8:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH rcu 0/12] SRCU-lite changes for v6.13
 2024-10-14  8:57 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH rcu 01/12] srcu: Rename srcu_might_be_idle() to srcu_should_expedite()
` [PATCH rcu 02/12] srcu: Introduce srcu_gp_is_expedited() helper function

[kvm-unit-tests PATCH 0/5] nVMX: Simple posted interrupts test
 2024-10-14  8:56 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] Squashfs: Fix variable overflow triggered by sysbot
 2024-10-14  8:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] staging: vchiq_arm: Fix missing refcount decrement in error path for fw_node
 2024-10-14  8:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: vchiq_arm: refactor goto instructions in vchiq_probe()
` [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: vchiq_arm: Fix missing refcount decrement in error path for fw_node

[oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 01/54] adw-gtk3: upgrade 5.4 -> 5.5
 2024-10-14  8:55 UTC  (54+ messages)
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 02/54] ctags: upgrade 6.1.20240922.0 -> 6.1.20241006.0
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 03/54] dool: upgrade 1.3.2 -> 1.3.3
` [oe] [meta-gnome] [PATCH 04/54] gnome-console: upgrade 47.0 -> 47.1
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 05/54] gtkwave: upgrade 3.3.120 -> 3.3.121
` [oe] [meta-gnome] [PATCH 06/54] libgsf: upgrade 1.14.52 -> 1.14.53
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 07/54] libimobiledevice-glue: upgrade 1.3.0 -> 1.3.1
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 08/54] libirecovery: upgrade 1.2.0 -> 1.2.1
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 09/54] libtorrent: upgrade 0.13.8 -> 0.14.0
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 10/54] monit: upgrade 5.34.0 -> 5.34.2
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 11/54] mpich: upgrade 4.2.2 -> 4.2.3
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 12/54] opentelemetry-cpp: upgrade 1.16.1 -> 1.17.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 13/54] python3-aiohappyeyeballs: upgrade 2.4.2 -> 2.4.3
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 14/54] python3-aiohttp: upgrade 3.10.9 -> 3.10.10
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 15/54] python3-argcomplete: upgrade 3.5.0 -> 3.5.1
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 16/54] python3-asyncinotify: upgrade 4.1.0 -> 4.2.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 17/54] python3-bitarray: upgrade 2.9.2 -> 2.9.3
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 18/54] python3-cantools: upgrade 39.4.8 -> 39.4.9
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 19/54] python3-cbor2: upgrade 5.6.4 -> 5.6.5
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 20/54] python3-coverage: upgrade 7.6.1 -> 7.6.2
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 21/54] python3-cytoolz: upgrade 0.12.3 -> 1.0.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 22/54] python3-dbus-fast: upgrade 2.24.2 -> 2.24.3
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 23/54] python3-distlib: upgrade 0.3.8 -> 0.3.9
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 24/54] python3-drgn: upgrade 0.0.27 -> 0.0.29
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 25/54] python3-gcovr: upgrade 8.0 -> 8.2
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 26/54] python3-gspread: upgrade 6.1.2 -> 6.1.3
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 27/54] python3-httpcore: upgrade 1.0.5 -> 1.0.6
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 28/54] python3-ipython: upgrade 8.27.0 -> 8.28.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 29/54] python3-pdm-backend: upgrade 2.4.1 -> 2.4.2
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 30/54] python3-pdm: upgrade 2.19.1 -> 2.19.2
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 31/54] python3-psycopg: upgrade 3.2.2 -> 3.2.3
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 32/54] python3-pychromecast: upgrade 14.0.2 -> 14.0.4
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 33/54] python3-pyephem: upgrade 4.1.5 -> 4.1.6
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 34/54] python3-pymisp: upgrade 2.4.198 -> 2.5.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 35/54] python3-pymongo: upgrade 4.9.1 -> 4.10.1
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 36/54] python3-pyperf: upgrade 2.7.0 -> 2.8.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 37/54] python3-pyproj: upgrade 3.6.1 -> 3.7.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 38/54] python3-pyzstd: upgrade 0.16.1 -> 0.16.2
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 39/54] python3-scrypt: upgrade 0.8.24 -> 0.8.27
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 40/54] python3-sh: upgrade 2.0.7 -> 2.1.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 41/54] python3-simpleeval: upgrade 0.9.13 -> 1.0.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 42/54] python3-starlette: upgrade 0.39.1 -> 0.39.2
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 43/54] python3-termcolor: upgrade 2.4.0 -> 2.5.0
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 44/54] python3-tomli: upgrade 2.0.1 -> 2.0.2
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 45/54] python3-types-psutil: upgrade 6.0.0.20240901 -> 6.0.0.20241011
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 46/54] python3-types-python-dateutil: upgrade 2.9.0.20240906 -> 2.9.0.20241003
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 47/54] python3-uefi-firmware: upgrade 1.11 -> 1.12
` [oe] [meta-python] [PATCH 48/54] python3-yarl: upgrade 1.14.0 -> 1.15.1
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 49/54] remmina: upgrade 1.4.35 -> 1.4.36
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 50/54] rtorrent: upgrade 0.9.8 -> 0.10.0
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 51/54] xf86-video-mga: upgrade 2.0.1 -> 2.1.0
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 52/54] xkbprint: upgrade 1.0.6 -> 1.0.7
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 53/54] xmag: upgrade 1.0.7 -> 1.0.8
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 54/54] xwud: upgrade 1.0.6 -> 1.0.7

[PATCH] svc_fd_create: skip getsockname on a non-network socket
 2024-10-14  8:55 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/11] arm64: Support for running as a guest in Arm CCA
 2024-10-14  8:56 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 10/11] virt: arm-cca-guest: TSM_REPORT support for realms

[PATCH 0/3] Enhance min heap API with non-inline functions and optimizations
 2024-10-14  8:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] Documentation/core-api: Add min heap API introduction

[PATCH v12 0/3] drm/mediatek: Add support for OF graphs
 2024-10-14  8:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 1/3] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: Add OF graph support for board path
` [PATCH v12 2/3] dt-bindings: arm: mediatek: mmsys: "

[PATCH 1/7] drm/panic: avoid reimplementing Iterator::find
 2024-10-14  8:55 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/7] drm/panic: remove unnecessary borrow in alignment_pattern
` [PATCH 3/7] drm/panic: prefer eliding lifetimes
` [PATCH 4/7] drm/panic: remove redundant field when assigning value
` [PATCH 5/7] drm/panic: correctly indent continuation of line in list item
` [PATCH 6/7] drm/panic: allow verbose boolean for clarity
` [PATCH 7/7] drm/panic: allow verbose version check

[oe][meta][kirkstone][patch] rt-tests: rt_bmark.py: fix TypeError
 2024-10-14  8:55 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/3] API for exporting connectable file handles to userspace
 2024-10-14  8:55 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH RFC v1 net-next] net: ethernet: mtk_ppe_offload: Allow QinQ
 2024-10-14  8:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v3 0/2] dpll: expose clock quality level
 2024-10-14  8:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] dpll: add clock quality level attribute and op

[PATCH 0/2] s390: two bugfixes (for kunit)
 2024-10-14  8:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 00/15] net/mlx5: Refactor esw QoS to support generalized operations
 2024-10-14  8:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 01/15] net/mlx5: Refactor QoS group scheduling element creation

[PATCH] ASoC: rt-sdw-common: Enhance switch case to prevent uninitialized variable
 2024-10-14  8:53 UTC 

[PULL v2 00/61] virtio,pci,pc: features,fixes
 2024-10-14  8:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PULL v2 40/61] hw/acpi: Update GED _EVT method AML with CPU scan

[PATCH] staging: gpib: mark HP82341 driver as broken
 2024-10-14  8:54 UTC 

[PATCH 0/5] Add support for primary USB controller on QCS615
 2024-10-14  8:44 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: usb: qcom,dwc3: Add QCS615 to USB DWC3 bindings
` [PATCH 2/5] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,qusb2: Add bindings for QCS615
` [PATCH 3/5] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,msm8998-qmp-usb3-phy: Add support "
` [PATCH 4/5] phy: qcom-qusb2: "
` [PATCH 5/5] phy: qcom: qmp-usbc: Add qmp configuration "

[PATCH v4 0/6] Reuse 32 bit C code more safely
 2024-10-14  8:53 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/6] x86/boot: Prep work for 32bit object changes
` [PATCH v4 2/6] x86/boot: create a C bundle for 32 bit boot code and use it
` [PATCH v4 3/6] x86/boot: Reuse code to relocate trampoline
` [PATCH v4 4/6] x86/boot: Use boot_vid_info variable directly from C code
` [PATCH v4 5/6] x86/boot: Use trampoline_phys "
` [PATCH v4 6/6] x86/boot: Clarify comment

[PATCH v2 0/5] NVMe PCI endpoint function driver
 2024-10-14  8:44 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/5] nvmef: export nvmef_create_ctrl()
` [PATCH v2 3/5] nvmef: Introduce the NVME_OPT_HIDDEN_NS option
` [PATCH v2 4/5] PCI: endpoint: Add NVMe endpoint function driver

[PATCH v2 0/5] mm/slub: Improve data handling of krealloc() when orig_size is enabled
 2024-10-14  8:53 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v9 00/26] Fix xe_force_wake_get() failure handling
 2024-10-14  8:52 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 04/26] drm/xe: Error handling in xe_force_wake_get()
` [PATCH v9 05/26] drm/xe: Modify xe_force_wake_put to handle _get returned mask

[PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: String format safety updates
 2024-10-14  8:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: dsa: microchip: copy string using strscpy
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: txgbe: Pass string literal as format argument of alloc_workqueue()

linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree
 2024-10-14  8:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] [RFC] of: Add debug aid to find unused device tree properties
 2024-10-14  8:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[tiwai-sound:for-next 9/14] sound/pci/hda/patch_conexant.c:1081:2: error: field designator 'name' does not refer to any field in type 'const struct hda_quirk'
 2024-10-14  8:50 UTC 

[GIT PULL] Please pull u-boot-ufs-next-20241014
 2024-10-14  8:51 UTC 

[PATCH] staging: vchiq_arm: Fix missing refcount decrement in error path for fw_node
 2024-10-14  8:51 UTC  (9+ messages)

linux-next: Tree for Oct 14
 2024-10-14  8:51 UTC 

[PATCH] tools/rtla: Enhance Error Handling and Readability for timerlat
 2024-10-14  8:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[peterz-queue:sched/core 4/10] kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:168:28: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 2, have 1
 2024-10-14  8:50 UTC 

[ti:ti-rt-linux-6.1.y-cicd 376/382] arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62a-main.dtsi:844.20-847.5: Warning (graph_child_address): /bus@f0000/dss@30200000/ports: graph node has single child node 'port@0', #address-cells/#size-cells are not necessary
 2024-10-14  8:50 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add i.MX8ULP support
 2024-10-14  8:49 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: media: nxp,imx8-isi: Add i.MX8ULP ISI compatible string

[PATCH 0/9] Add support for 3 VDSC engines 12 slices
 2024-10-14  8:49 UTC  (7+ messages)
` ✓ CI.Patch_applied: success for Add support for 3 VDSC engines 12 slices (rev2)
` ✓ CI.checkpatch: "
` ✓ CI.KUnit: "
` ✓ CI.Build: "
` ✓ CI.Hooks: "
` ✗ CI.checksparse: warning "

[PATCH v6 1/6] refs_update_symref: atomically record overwritten ref
 2024-10-14  8:48 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/6] refs: atomically record overwritten ref in update_symref
  ` [PATCH v7 4/6] refs: add TRANSACTION_CREATE_EXISTS error

[PATCH v2] PCI: imx6: Add suspend/resume support for i.MX6QDL
 2024-10-14  8:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] media: i2c: Cleanup assigned-clocks and endpoint: properties: unevaluatedProperties: false
 2024-10-14  8:47 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] media: dt-bindings: Remove assigned-clock-* from various schema
` [PATCH 2/2] media: dt-bindings: Use additionalProperties: false for endpoint: properties:

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel-ci/xe-fast-feedback: fixup xe_dma_buf_sync
 2024-10-14  8:47 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] introduce PM QoS interface
 2024-10-14  8:46 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 0/2] power: "
  ` [PATCH v10 1/2] power: introduce PM QoS API on CPU wide
  ` [PATCH v10 2/2] examples/l3fwd-power: add PM QoS configuration

[PATCH v16 00/13] hw/pci: SR-IOV related fixes and improvements
 2024-10-14  8:43 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 04/13] s390x/pci: Avoid creating zpci for VFs

[PATCH v8 5/5] asm-generic/io.h: Remove I/O port accessors for HAS_IOPORT=n
 2024-10-14  8:44 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] mm: shrinker: avoid memleak in alloc_shrinker_info
 2024-10-14  8:43 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v11 0/3] drm/mediatek: Add support for OF graphs
 2024-10-14  8:29 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 3/3] drm/mediatek: Implement OF graphs support for display paths

[GIT PULL] Please pull u-boot-amlogic-next-20241014
 2024-10-14  8:44 UTC 

[PATCH blktests v3 0/2] Test the NVMe reservation feature
 2024-10-14  8:43 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH blktests v3 2/2] nvme: test the nvme "

[PATCH] ACPI: APEI: set memory failure flags as MF_ACTION_REQUIRED on action required events
 2024-10-14  8:42 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v14 0/3] ACPI: APEI: handle synchronous errors in task work
` [PATCH v14 1/3] ACPI: APEI: send SIGBUS to current task if synchronous memory error not recovered
` [PATCH v14 2/3] mm: memory-failure: move return value documentation to function declaration
` [PATCH v14 3/3] ACPI: APEI: handle synchronous exceptions in task work

[PATCH v2 0/6] gpio: notify user-space about config changes in the kernel
 2024-10-14  8:42 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/6] gpio: cdev: prepare gpio_desc_to_lineinfo() for being called from atomic
` [PATCH v2 6/6] gpiolib: notify user-space about in-kernel line state changes

[PATCH v1 00/15] io_uring zero copy rx
 2024-10-14  8:42 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for stm32mp25x RNG
 2024-10-14  8:38 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/4] hwrng: stm32 - implement support for STM32MP25x platforms

[PATCH v2 0/3] Document the 'perf test -w' workloads functionality
 2024-10-14  8:42 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] perf test: Document the -w/--workload option

[syzbot] [fs?] [mm?] stack segment fault in folio_wait_writeback
 2024-10-14  8:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/6] thermal: scope/cleanup.h improvements
 2024-10-14  8:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

[tobetter:odroid-6.6.y 41/88] drivers/char/aml-gpiomem.c:129:20: error: assigning to 'pgprot_t' from incompatible type 'int'
 2024-10-14  8:40 UTC 

[RFC PATCH v1 1/7] fs: Add inode_get_ino() and implement get_ino() for NFS
 2024-10-14  8:40 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] fuse: update inode size after extending passthrough write
 2024-10-14  8:40 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v1] Bluetooth:btintel: Do no pass vendor events to stack
 2024-10-14  8:56 UTC 

[PATCH v12 09/15] drm/vkms: Remove useless drm_rotation_simplify
 2024-10-14  8:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

Bug: `git maintenance start` is likely broken in 2.47
 2024-10-14  8:38 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] builtin/gc: fix crash when running `git maintenance start`

Linux 6.12-rc3
 2024-10-14  8:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` Build regressions/improvements in v6.12-rc3

[PATCH 0/3] Realtek SPI-NAND controller
 2024-10-14  8:37 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: spi: Add realtek,rtl9300-snand

[PATCH v6 0/8] Add support for PCIe3 on x1e80100
 2024-10-14  8:25 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 3/8] dt-bindings: PCI: qcom,pcie-x1e80100: Add 'global' interrupt

[PATCH] tests/xe_exec_sip: increase timeout margin for tests
 2024-10-14  8:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` ✗ CI.xeFULL: failure for "
` ✗ Fi.CI.IGT: "

[RESEND PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_qca: use devm_clk_get_optional_enabled_with_rate()
 2024-10-14  8:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/9] Add ITE IT6263 LVDS to HDMI converter support
 2024-10-14  8:37 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 5/9] dt-bindings: display: bridge: Add ITE IT6263 LVDS to HDMI converter
` [PATCH v2 6/9] drm/bridge: "

[RFC 00/29] Introduce NVIDIA GPU Virtualization (vGPU) Support
 2024-10-14  8:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC 18/29] nvkm/vgpu: introduce pci_driver.sriov_configure() in nvkm

[PATCH v4] scripts/qcow2-to-stdout.py: Add script to write qcow2 images to stdout
 2024-10-14  8:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/16] Add support for Synopsis DWMAC IP on NXP Automotive SoCs S32G2xx/S32G3xx/S32R45
 2024-10-14  8:24 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 13/16] dt-bindings: net: Add DT bindings for DWMAC on NXP S32G/R SoCs

[PATCH v1] media: i2c: add lt6911uxe hdmi bridge driver
 2024-10-14  8:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] sched_ext: Always call put_prev_task() with scx enabled
 2024-10-14  8:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 5.4.y 0/2] tracing/kprobes: Backport request about
 2024-10-14  8:36 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC] staging: gpib: Proposal to add TODO file
 2024-10-14  8:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[v2 1/5] raw/zxdh: introduce zxdh raw device driver
 2024-10-14  8:33 UTC  (3+ messages)
` Re:[PATCH] raw/gdtc: introduce gdtc "
  ` [PATCH] "

[PATCHSET v5.0 6/9] xfs: shard the realtime section
 2024-10-14  8:33 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 10/36] xfs: export the geometry of realtime groups to userspace

[PULL 00/20] Net patches
 2024-10-14  8:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PULL 08/20] virtio-net: Add only one queue pair when realizing

[PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: davinci: allow building the module with COMPILE_TEST=y
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: vf610: use generic device_get_match_data()
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: ts4900: use generic device properties
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: mvebu: drop dependency on OF_GPIO
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: ljca: use devm_mutex_init() to simplify the error path and remove()
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: eic-sprd: use generic device_get_match_data()
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] gpio: mpc8xxx: use a helper variable to store the address of pdev->dev
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] r8169: implement additional ethtool stats ops
 2024-10-14  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [perf?] KCSAN: data-race in _free_event / perf_pending_task (2)
 2024-10-14  8:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Bug 219385] New: BT mouse can not be found and/or connected in 6.12-rc3
 2024-10-14  8:30 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 219385] "

[PATCHSET v5.0 8/9] xfs: enable quota for realtime volumes
 2024-10-14  8:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/6] xfs: reserve quota for realtime files correctly
` [PATCH 6/6] xfs: enable realtime quota again


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