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[PATCH v4 00/10] Add PCIe support for bcm2712
 2024-12-10 13:42 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 08/10] PCI: brcmstb: Adjust PHY PLL setup to use a 54MHz input refclk

[PATCH v2 0/7] arm64: zynqmp: Convert platforms to use binman
 2024-12-10 13:43 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/7] common: binman: Calling initr_binman() when BINMAN_FDT

[PATCH] driver core: auxiliary bus: add device creation helper
 2024-12-10 13:43 UTC 

[PATCH v9 0/6] drm/log: Introduce a new boot logger to draw the kmsg on the screen
 2024-12-10 13:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v10] igt-runner fact checking
 2024-12-10 13:41 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] media: i2c: imx219: Fixes for blanking and pixel rate
 2024-12-10 13:41 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] media: i2c: imx219: Scale the pixel rate for analog binning

[net-next PATCH v11 0/9] net: dsa: Add Airoha AN8855 support
 2024-12-10 13:39 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [net-next PATCH v11 6/9] net: mdio: Add Airoha AN8855 Switch MDIO Passtrough
` [net-next PATCH v11 9/9] net: phy: Add Airoha AN8855 Internal Switch Gigabit PHY

[PATCH v5 0/3] SN65DSI83/4 lvds_vod_swing properties
 2024-12-10 13:41 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/3] drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi83: Add ti,lvds-vod-swing optional properties

[RFC PATCH v2 0/20] fwctl/cxl: Add CXL feature commands support via fwctl
 2024-12-10 13:40 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 09/20] fwctl/cxl: Add driver for CXL mailbox for handling CXL features commands

[RFC PATCH] common: board: Simply array with function pointers with CONFIG_IS_ENABLED
 2024-12-10 13:39 UTC 

[PATCH 6.6.y] iommu/arm-smmu: Defer probe of clients after smmu device bound
 2024-12-10 13:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] x86 tsc: avoid system instability in hibernation
 2024-12-10 13:39 UTC 

[bug report] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected at blk_mq_submit_bio+0x43d/0x18d0 and xfs_create+0x31f/0x8c0 [xfs]
 2024-12-10 13:38 UTC 

[PATCH 00/10] of: fix bugs and improve codes
 2024-12-10 13:37 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 05/10] of: Fix available buffer size calculating error in API of_device_uevent_modalias()
` [PATCH 09/10] of: property: Implement of_fwnode_property_present() by of_property_present()

[PATCH v2] perf: imx9_perf: Introduce AXI filter version to refactor the driver and better extension
 2024-12-10 13:37 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC 0/6] Add a stricter headers check
 2024-12-10 13:36 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC 5/6] build: install indirect headers to a dedicated directory

[PATCH 0/3] ASoC: sun4i-spdif: Add 24bit support
 2024-12-10 13:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/10] ASoC: Intel: boards: updates for 6.14
 2024-12-10 13:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] Add function to constrain rates
 2024-12-10 13:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] media: i2c: imx296: Implement simple retry for model identification
 2024-12-10 13:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] drivers: media: imx296: Add standby delay during probe

[PATCH net-next] dt-bindings: net: dsa: microchip,ksz: Improve example to a working one
 2024-12-10 13:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] Add a new command in kgdb for vmcoreinfo
 2024-12-10 13:34 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` [PATCH 1/3] kgdb: Add kgdb_mem2ebin function for converting memory to binary format
  ` [PATCH 2/3] serial: Move LF -> CRLF replacement from serial console to kdb
  ` [PATCH 3/3] kgdb: Add command linux.vmcoreinfo to kgdb

[PATCH] arm64: stacktrace: skip reporting LR at exception boundaries
 2024-12-10 13:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[APS-24624] Missing patch in K5.15 against kernel panic
 2024-12-10 13:34 UTC  (3+ messages)

pull-request: wireless-2024-12-10
 2024-12-10 13:01 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/35] Introduce NS8250 UART emulator
 2024-12-10 13:33 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/35] xen: introduce resource.h
` [PATCH v2 02/35] xen/irq: introduce NO_IRQ
` [PATCH v2 03/35] xen/ctype: introduce isconsole()
` [PATCH v2 07/35] ppc/domain: introduce domain_has_vuart()
` [PATCH v2 08/35] x86/domain: "
` [PATCH v2 09/35] x86/domain: print emulation_flags
` [PATCH v2 12/35] xen/console: move vpl011-related code to vpl011 emulator

[PATCH v8 00/47] TruFlow update for Thor2
 2024-12-10 13:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 17/47] net/bnxt: tf_ulp: support for Thor2 ulp layer

[PATCH v5 0/4] Enable Bluetooth on qcs6490-rb3gen2 board
 2024-12-10 13:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH 0/6] rockchip: rk3328 fixes in preparation for usb3-phy
 2024-12-10 13:27 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/6] clk: rockchip: fix wrong clk_ref_usb3otg parent for rk3328
` [PATCH 4/6] arm64: dts: rockchip: add hevc power domain clock to rk3328
` [PATCH 5/6] arm64: dts: rockchip: correct rk3328-roc regulator map

[PATCH net-next v2 0/5] Add PCS support for Qualcomm IPQ9574 SoC
 2024-12-10 13:28 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] net: pcs: qcom-ipq9574: Add PCS instantiation and phylink operations
` [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] net: pcs: qcom-ipq9574: Add USXGMII interface mode support

[PATCH v7 0/3] crypto: Add EIP-93 crypto engine support
 2024-12-10 13:27 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 3/3] crypto: Add Inside Secure SafeXcel "

[PATCHv2 0/2] x86/mm: Make memremap(MEMREMAP_WB) map memory as encrypted by default
 2024-12-10 13:26 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCHv2 2/2] "

net: m_can: missing mutexes in tx_work_queue and isr-handler
 2024-12-10 13:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] drm/i915/dp: convert to struct intel_display
 2024-12-10 13:27 UTC  (5+ messages)
` ✓ CI.Build: success for drm/i915/dp: convert to struct intel_display (rev2)
` ✓ CI.Hooks: "
` ✗ CI.checksparse: warning "
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success "

[PATCH 0/8] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e*: Fix USB QMP PHY supplies
 2024-12-10 13:27 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-pmics: Enable all SMB2360 separately
 2024-12-10 13:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: dsa: felix: fix stuck CPU-injected packets with short taprio windows
 2024-12-10 13:26 UTC 

[PATCH] perf probe: Fix uninitialized variable
 2024-12-10 13:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[LTP] Question on hugemmap34
 2024-12-10 13:25 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] Extend 8-byte PCI load/store support to x86 arch
 2024-12-10 13:19 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] vfio/pci: Enable iowrite64 and ioread64 for vfio pci
` [PATCH v3 2/2] vfio/pci: Remove #ifdef iowrite64 and #ifdef ioread64

BPF and lazy preemption
 2024-12-10 13:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] systemd: actively disable Predictable Network Interface Names if !pni-names
 2024-12-10 13:25 UTC 

[RFT] Revert "lockdep: Enable PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING with PROVE_LOCKING."
 2024-12-10 13:24 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for Revert "lockdep: Enable PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING with PROVE_LOCKING." (rev2)

[PATCH] smb: client: destroy cfid_put_wq on module exit
 2024-12-10 13:21 UTC 

[PATCH v2] tests/functional: Convert the intel_iommu avocado test
 2024-12-10 13:23 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] Extend 8-byte PCI load/store support to x86 arch
 2024-12-10 13:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] vfio/pci: Remove #ifdef iowrite64 and #ifdef ioread64

[ath:master] BUILD SUCCESS 27909c77d085d32db141cbb32b2cc9fbef874197
 2024-12-10 13:21 UTC 

[linux-next:pending-fixes] BUILD REGRESSION 8a5af05f2d77d48a77b01135d7f5fa4b19a332b3
 2024-12-10 13:19 UTC 

[linux-next:fs-current] BUILD SUCCESS f45f0dec35aa3e623263c47fd98bbfd3f3bad71a
 2024-12-10 13:20 UTC 

[efi:urgent] BUILD SUCCESS 2ab0837cb91b7de507daa145d17b3b6b2efb3abf
 2024-12-10 13:18 UTC 

Special files broken against Samba master
 2024-12-10 13:19 UTC  (7+ messages)

Problem in Linux with Alfa AWUS036ACHM where the device appears not to be initialized correctly on a reboot
 2024-12-10 13:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] perf jevents: Fix build issue in '*/' in event descriptions
 2024-12-10 13:15 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3] net/sched: netem: account for backlog updates from child qdisc
 2024-12-10 13:14 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] DA9052 boot status
 2024-12-10 13:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] mfd: da9052: store result from fault_log
` [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: da9052_wdt: add support for bootstatus bits

[PATCH v4 00/10] Refactor the common parts to the HiSilicon Uncore PMU core and cleanups
 2024-12-10 13:04 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 08/10] drivers/perf: hisi: Export associated CPUs of each PMU through sysfs

remove _supported_fs
 2024-12-10 13:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] generic/363: remove _supported_fs xfs

[meta-selinux][PATCH 1/4] libpam: drop packageconfig for selinux
 2024-12-10 13:12 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [meta-selinux][PATCH 2/4] libselinux-python: fix build with swig 4.3
` [meta-selinux][PATCH 3/4] libsemanage: "
` [meta-selinux][PATCH 4/4] SELinux-FAQ: drop debug-tweaks

[PATCH] ext4: make trace_ext4_ext_load_extent print-format correctly
 2024-12-10 13:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[XEN PATCH v3] x86: p2m-pod: address violation of MISRA C Rule 2.1
 2024-12-10 13:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

Patchwork summary for: spi-devel-general
 2024-12-10 13:10 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] accel/ivpu: Fixes for 6.13
 2024-12-10 13:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] accel/ivpu: Fix general protection fault in ivpu_bo_list()
` [PATCH 2/3] accel/ivpu: Fix memory leak in ivpu_mmu_reserved_context_init()
` [PATCH 3/3] accel/ivpu: Fix WARN in ivpu_ipc_send_receive_internal()

[PATCH] clk: fix an OF node reference leak in of_clk_get_parent_name()
 2024-12-10 13:09 UTC 

[PATCHv5 RFC 0/3] Add visibility for native NVMe multipath using sysfs
 2024-12-10 13:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCHv5 RFC 1/3] nvme-multipah: Add visibility for round-robin io-policy

[PATCH] ocfs2: Add a sanity check for corrupted file system
 2024-12-10 13:08 UTC 

[PATCH v2] spi: zynq-qspi: Add check for clk_enable()
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] spi: zynq-qspi: Add check for clk_enable()
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 1/3] patchtest: use HEAD commit as base for the selftest and not master
 2024-12-10 13:05 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] bitbake-config-build: add a plugin for config fragments
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH] RDMA/siw: Remove direct link to net_device
 2024-12-10 13:03 UTC 

[PATCH] spi: rockchip: Fix PM runtime count on no-op cs
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

Linux 6.12
 2024-12-10 13:04 UTC  (8+ messages)
` TPM/EFI issue [Was: Linux 6.12]

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Avoid VF for RAS recovery source check
 2024-12-10 13:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] iommu/vt-d: Fix qi_batch NULL pointer with nested parent domain
 2024-12-10 13:03 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/18] KVM: arm64: Non-protected guest stage-2 support for pKVM
 2024-12-10 13:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/18] KVM: arm64: Change the layout of enum pkvm_page_state
` [PATCH v2 04/18] KVM: arm64: Move host page ownership tracking to the hyp vmemmap

[PATCH 0/5] regulator: pca9450: collect some improvement patches
 2024-12-10 13:02 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH] spi: aspeed: Fix an error handling path in aspeed_spi_[read|write]_user()
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] spi: mxs: support effective_speed_hz
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] spi: spi-cadence-qspi: Disable STIG mode for Altera SoCFPGA
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] regulator: axp20x: AXP717: set ramp_delay
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] regulator: axp20x: AXP717: set ramp_delay
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] large atomic writes for xfs
 2024-12-10 12:57 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] iomap: Increase iomap_dio_zero() size limit
` [PATCH v2 2/7] iomap: Add zero unwritten mappings dio support
` [PATCH v2 3/7] iomap: Lift blocksize restriction on atomic writes
` [PATCH v2 4/7] xfs: Add extent zeroing support for "
` [PATCH v2 5/7] xfs: Switch atomic write size check in xfs_file_write_iter()
` [PATCH v2 6/7] xfs: Add RT atomic write unit max to xfs_mount
` [PATCH v2 7/7] xfs: Update xfs_get_atomic_write_attr() for large atomic writes

[PATCH v2 1/2] ASoC: codecs: wcd9335: Add define for number of DAIs
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] ASoC: codecs: wcd9335: Add define for number of DAIs
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 01/21] ASoC: ad193x: Remove use of i2c_match_id()
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

Recent changes (master)
 2024-12-10 13:00 UTC 

[BACKPORT] uboot-sign: fix U-Boot binary with public key
 2024-12-10  3:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH] or1k: Fix compiler warnings
 2024-12-10 12:58 UTC 

[PATCH] module: Use complete RCU protection instead a mix of RCU and RCU-sched
 2024-12-10 12:58 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 00/27] ext4: use iomap for regular file's buffered I/O path and enable large folio
 2024-12-10 12:57 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 12/27] ext4: introduce seq counter for the extent status entry

[PATCH] xfs: fix integer overflow in xlog_grant_head_check
 2024-12-10 11:54 UTC 

Patchwork housekeeping for: spi-devel-general
 2024-12-10 12:56 UTC 

[wireless-next:main] BUILD SUCCESS b20821248e262a7d16882137419460030c1aead6
 2024-12-10 12:55 UTC 

[PATCH v2 1/1] vpci: Add resizable bar support
 2024-12-10 12:54 UTC  (9+ messages)

[OE-core] [PATCH 01/20] barebox-tools: upgrade 2024.10.0 -> 2024.12.0
 2024-12-10 12:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V5] Docs/sound: Update codec-to-codec documentation
 2024-12-10 12:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/6] Configure imx8mp dsp node for rproc usage
 2024-12-10 12:53 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Add mu2 root clock
` [PATCH v3 2/6] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Configure dsp node for rproc usage
` [PATCH v3 3/6] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Add DSP clocks
` [PATCH v3 4/6] dt-bindings: clock: imx8mp: Add syscon compatible
` [PATCH v3 5/6] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Add fsl,dsp-ctrl property for dsp
` [PATCH v3 6/6] arm64: dts: Add dsp rproc related mem regions

[RFC PATCH v2 03/15] s390x/cpumodel: add msa12 changes
 2024-12-10 12:51 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH] s390x/cpumodel: add MSA 12 consistency checks

[RFC PATCH v3 0/6] drm/i915: Add drm_panic support
 2024-12-10 12:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ Fi.CI.SPARSE: warning for drm/i915: Add drm_panic support (rev3)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success "

[PATCH v3 0/4] Implement Wa_14022698537
 2024-12-10 12:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/4] drm/i915/dg2: "

[RFC PATCH 0/1] ACPI: Fix missing CPU hotplug/hotunplug events with > 255 vCPUs
 2024-12-10 12:51 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` [External] : "

[stble-kernel][5.15.y][5.10.y][PATCH v2] serial: sc16is7xx: the reg needs to shift in regmap_noinc
 2024-12-10 12:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/6] Revert "spi: zynq_qspi: Add parallel memories support in QSPI driver"
 2024-12-10 11:36 UTC  (13+ messages)

[PATCH V1 0/2] ASoC: codecs: Add aw88083 amplifier driver
 2024-12-10 12:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH V1 2/2] "

[PATCH] mtd: nand: raw: atmel: remove unnecessary return value
 2024-12-10  7:08 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2] gpio: npcm: Add persist feature to sgpio module
 2024-12-10  6:35 UTC 

[PATCH v8 00/28] Qualcomm iris video decoder driver
 2024-12-10 12:50 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 16/28] media: iris: implement vb2 streaming ops

[PATCH v3 0/3] drm/rockchip: Add driver for the new DSI2 controller
 2024-12-10 12:48 UTC  (12+ messages)
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[PATCH net-next v3 0/2] net/smc: Two features for smc-r
 2024-12-10 12:50 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net/smc: support ipv4 mapped ipv6 addr client for smc-r v2

arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:1046:36: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space '__user' of expression
 2024-12-10 12:49 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCHv10 00/10] Display Global Histogram
 2024-12-10 12:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCHv3 07/10] drm/i915/display: Handle drm-crtc histogram property updates
` [PATCHv2 10/10] drm/i915/histogram: Enable pipe dithering

[PATCH] drm/i915/display: clean up DP Adaptive Sync SDP state mismatch logging
 2024-12-10 12:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 mm-unstable] mm/migrate: Remove slab checks in isolate_movable_page()
 2024-12-10 12:48 UTC 

[PATCH] KVM: arm64: nv: Set ISTATUS for emulated timers, If timer expired
 2024-12-10 12:48 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH V4 00/19] Live update: cpr-transfer
 2024-12-10 12:46 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V4 09/19] migration: incoming channel

[PATCH net-next] net: renesas: rswitch: enable only used MFWD features
 2024-12-10 12:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/7] Add Nuvoton NCT6694 MFD drivers
 2024-12-10 12:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/7] gpio: Add Nuvoton NCT6694 GPIO support

[yocto-docs PATCH v2] Add scripts to build the docs in containers
 2024-12-10 12:46 UTC  (5+ messages)
    ` [docs] "

[meta-oe][kirkstone][PATCH] nspr: Fix build with clang16
 2024-12-10 12:45 UTC 

[kirkstone][PATCH] unzip: Fix configure tests to use modern C
 2024-12-10 12:45 UTC 

[PATCH] NFSD: Clean up unused variable
 2024-12-10 12:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] watchdog: rti: support SPL (or re-start)
 2024-12-10 12:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] exportfs: add flag to allow marking export operations as only supporting file handles
 2024-12-10 12:44 UTC  (12+ messages)

Patch "iommu/arm-smmu: Defer probe of clients after smmu device bound" has been added to the 6.6-stable tree
 2024-12-10 12:44 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH mm-unstable 11/17] mm: sh: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
 2024-12-10 12:41 UTC  (3+ messages)

drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_yoga_c630.c:101:30: sparse: sparse: symbol 'yoga_c630_ucsi_ops' was not declared. Should it be static?
 2024-12-10 12:42 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/18] Implement DWARF modversions
 2024-12-10 12:41 UTC  (5+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2 00/15] KVM: s390: CPU model for gen17
 2024-12-10 12:41 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 05/15] s390x/cpumodel: Add ptff Query Time-Stamp Event (QTSE) support

[PATCH 0/4] PCI/pwrctrl: Rework pwrctrl driver integration and add driver for PCI slot
 2024-12-10 12:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/12] media: i2c: imx214: Miscellaneous cleanups and improvements
 2024-12-10 12:40 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 10/12] media: i2c: imx214: Verify chip ID

(no subject)
 2024-12-10 12:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` arm64: stacktrace: unwind exception boundaries

[PATCH net-next] net: fec: use phydev->eee_cfg.tx_lpi_timer
 2024-12-10 12:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/6] Unflattening and relocation of host device tree
 2024-12-10 12:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 4/6] xen/riscv: introduce cache management operations (CMO)


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