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[PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: i3c: Add NXP P3H2x4x i3c-hub support
 2025-08-11  7:55 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/5] add persistent huge zero folio support
 2025-08-11  8:41 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: rename huge_zero_page to huge_zero_folio
` [PATCH v3 2/5] mm: rename MMF_HUGE_ZERO_PAGE to MMF_HUGE_ZERO_FOLIO
` [PATCH v3 3/5] mm: add persistent huge zero folio

[PATCH v9 00/12] AuxCCS handling and render compression modifiers
 2025-08-11  8:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/3] mm/mincore: clean up swap cache helper and PTL
 2025-08-11  8:41 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 3/3] mm/mincore: avoid touching the PTL

[PATCH v3 0/5] rv: LTL per-cpu monitor type and real-time scheduling monitor
 2025-08-11  8:40 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/5] rv/ltl: Prepare for other monitor types
` [PATCH v3 2/5] rv/ltl: Support per-cpu monitors
` [PATCH v3 3/5] verification/rvgen/ltl: Support per-cpu monitor generation
` [PATCH v3 4/5] sched: Add task enqueue/dequeue trace points
` [PATCH v3 5/5] rv: Add rts monitor

[PATCH 00/17] drm/msm: Support for Inter Frame Power Collapse (IFPC) feature
 2025-08-11  8:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 05/17] drm/msm/a6xx: Fix PDC sleep sequence

[PATCH v2 0/8] Enable video decoder & encoder for MT8189
 2025-08-11  8:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/8] dt-bindings: media: mediatek: decoder: Add MT8189 mediatek,vcodec-decoder

[PATCH v4 0/3] ARM: tegra: complete Tegra 4 and Tegra K1 device trees
 2025-08-11  8:39 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] dt-bindings: display: tegra: document EPP, ISP, MPE and TSEC for Tegra114+

[PATCH v3 0/4] Add AYN EC Platform Driver
 2025-08-11  8:38 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] platform/x86: (ayn-ec) Add PWM Fan HWMON Interface

[PATCH i-g-t] lib/intel/veboxcopy: Respect buffer MOCS index
 2025-08-11  8:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/1] fetch2: try_mirrors(): Skip invalid local url
 2025-08-11  8:37 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "
  ` [bitbake-devel] "

[BUG] mlx5_core memory management issue
 2025-08-11  8:37 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH V4 mm-hotfixes 0/3] mm, x86: fix crash due to missing page table sync and make it harder to miss
 2025-08-11  8:36 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH V4 mm-hotfixes 1/3] mm: move page table sync declarations to linux/pgtable.h
` [PATCH V4 mm-hotfixes 2/3] mm: introduce and use {pgd,p4d}_populate_kernel()
` [PATCH V4 mm-hotfixes 3/3] x86/mm/64: define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings()

[PATCH v2] drm/xe: GPU frequency tracing support
 2025-08-11  8:34 UTC 

[PATCH] sched/cgroup: Lock optimize for cgroup cpu throttle
 2025-08-11  8:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/3] sched: add ability to throttle sched_yield() calls to reduce contention
 2025-08-11  8:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/8] Add AMD ISP4 driver
 2025-08-11  8:35 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] accel, cpus: clean up cpu->exit_request
 2025-08-11  8:33 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/8] accel/tcg: introduce tcg_kick_vcpu_thread

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix nullptr error of amdgpu_vm_handle_moved
 2025-08-11  8:34 UTC  (4+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH v1 1/1] package/gcc: add microblaze atomic support
 2025-08-11  8:33 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] add persistent huge zero folio support
 2025-08-11  8:33 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: add persistent huge zero folio

[PATCH for-4.21 0/5] CI: Add Debian Trixie
 2025-08-11  8:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64/module: Support for patching modules during runtime
 2025-08-11  8:01 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] kcov, usb: Fix invalid context sleep in softirq path on PREEMPT_RT
 2025-08-11  8:31 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] usb/gpio/i2c: Add Intel USBIO USB IO-expander drivers
 2025-08-11  8:31 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] usb: misc: Add Intel USBIO bridge driver

[PATCH] mtd: nand: qpic_common: use {cmd,data}_sgl_nitems for sg_init_table()
 2025-08-11  8:30 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/7] Use DRM scheduler for delayed GT TLB invalidations
 2025-08-11  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] Simplify image size checks
 2025-08-11  8:30 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] Image size checks: Remove HAS_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT

Patchwork summary for: linux-renesas-soc
 2025-08-11  8:30 UTC 

[PATCH] Documentation/printf: Use literal fwnode_handle
 2025-08-11  8:28 UTC  (2+ messages)

[openeuler:OLK-6.6 2666/2666] drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c:1174:16: warning: variable 'hw_mode' set but not used
 2025-08-11  8:28 UTC 

[PATCH] sparc64: fix hugetlb for sun4u
 2025-08-11  8:28 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] lib/digsig: Remove unnecessary memset
 2025-08-11  8:27 UTC 

[XEN PATCH 00/11] Allow to build libxl and other tools with json-c instead of yajl
 2025-08-11  8:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [XEN PATCH 11/11] Update CHANGELOG and README with dependency on json-c

[PATCH] kcov, usb: Don't disable interrupts in kcov_remote_start_usb_softirq()
 2025-08-11  8:27 UTC 

[Bug 220433] New: Regression on AMD pstate cannot control turbo boost after wake from suspend
 2025-08-11  8:27 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 220433] "

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 2025-08-11  7:56 UTC 

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 2025-08-11  7:56 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] drm/tidss: Fixes data edge sampling
 2025-08-11  7:56 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] mm/hugetlb: Use max() to simplify hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable_size()
 2025-08-11  8:26 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC] wifi: iwlwifi: mei: Remove unused flexible-array member in struct iwl_sap_hdr?
 2025-08-11  8:23 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix task hang from failed job submission during process kill
 2025-08-11  8:25 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v1] ALSA: hda: Add TAS5825 support
 2025-08-10 12:23 UTC 

[PATCH] KVM: loongarch: selftests: Remove common tests built by TEST_GEN_PROGS_COMMON
 2025-08-11  8:24 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/10] commit-graph: remove reliance on global state
 2025-08-11  8:24 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 03/10] commit-graph: fix type for some write options

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: soc: samsung: usi: add samsung,exynos2200-usi compatible
 2025-08-11  7:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/19] amd-cppc CPU Performance Scaling Driver
 2025-08-11  8:23 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 12/19] xen/cpufreq: implement amd-cppc driver for CPPC in passive mode

[poky][scarthgap][PATCH 01/23] bitbake: fetch2/git: Use git shallow fetch to implement clone_shallow_local()
 2025-08-11  8:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [poky][scarthgap][PATCH 23/23] bitbake: fetch2/git: Add multiple revision support
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v2 0/2] Add unified configuration for coding agents
 2025-08-11  8:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] README: restructure with role-based documentation and guidelines

[PATCH v3 0/2] libtracecmd: Support changing /proc/kallsyms
 2025-08-11  8:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] PCI: acpiphp_ibm: Using kmemdup() to simplify code
 2025-08-11  8:22 UTC 

[PATCH] ALSA: 6fire: Clean ups with guard()
 2025-08-11  8:22 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/6] media: ti, cdns: Multiple pixel support and misc fixes
 2025-08-11  8:20 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/6] media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Use devm_of_platform_populate
` [PATCH v4 2/6] media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Use fwnode_get_named_child_node
` [PATCH v4 3/6] media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Fix source subdev link creation
` [PATCH v4 4/6] media: cadence: csi2rx: Implement get_fwnode_pad op
` [PATCH v4 5/6] media: cadence: cdns-csi2rx: Support multiple pixels per clock cycle
` [PATCH v4 6/6] media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Support multiple pixels per clock

[PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: rtc: nxp,pcf85363: add timestamp mode config
 2025-08-11  8:21 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] rtc: pcf85363: add support for additional features

[PATCH v9 00/10] New DRM accel driver for Rockchip's RKNN NPU
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Replace manual mutex/spinlock with guard()
 2025-08-11  8:20 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/lua-zlib: bump to version 1.3
 2025-08-11  8:19 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/lynis: bump to version 3.1.5
 2025-08-11  8:19 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/8] mtd: rawnand: loongson: Add Loongson-2K nand controller support
 2025-08-11  8:19 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 5/8] dt-bindings: mtd: loongson,ls1b-nand-controller: Document the Loongson-2K0500 NAND controller

[PATCH v6 0/7] RK3576 thermal sensor support, including OTP trim adjustments
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` (subset) "

[OE-core] [PATCH] Revert "qemux86-64: Reduce tuning to core2-64"
 2025-08-11  8:18 UTC 

[PATCH 1/7] toolchain/clang-native: Set BUILD_LDFLAGS instead of LDFLAGS
 2025-08-11  8:17 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/7] libxcrypt: Allow undefined symbols in version scripts with lld linker
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH 00/22] x86: FRED support, part 1 (stacks and exceptions)
 2025-08-11  8:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 10/22] x86/traps: Move subarch_percpu_traps_init() into traps-setup.c

[PATCH] ethdev: Reject conflicting TX offloads configuration
 2025-08-11  8:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] testpmd: Do not enable mbuf fast release TX offload by default

[PATCH v1] ufs: ufs-qcom: Align programming sequence of Shared ICE for UFS controller v5
 2025-08-11  8:16 UTC  (6+ messages)

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] ice: fix incorrect counter for buffer allocation failures
 2025-08-11  8:16 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] RFC x86/msr: Use WRMSRNS $imm when available
 2025-08-11  8:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t 1/3] lib/dsc: Add helpers to disable force dsc
 2025-08-11  7:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 2/3] tests/kms_hdr: Set HDR meta-data while testing for panel capability
` [PATCH i-g-t 3/3] tests/kms_hdr: Handle HDR panels requiring DSC

[PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: Add vcc-supply to SPI flash on rk3399-pinebook-pro
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] Revert "qemux86-64: Reduce tuning to core2-64"
 2025-08-11  8:15 UTC 

[PATCH] ALSA: usb: scarlett2: Clean ups with guard() and __free()
 2025-08-11  8:15 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/4] Add Onion Omega2/2+ board support
 2025-08-11  8:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/4] Makefile: Add size check for u-boot-with-spl.bin

[PATCH] alpha: kernel: Use for_each_online_cpu() in smp_cpus_done()
 2025-08-11  8:13 UTC 

[PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: Enable eMMC on rk3576-evb1-v10
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[kvm-unit-tests PATCH 0/2] nVMX: Improve IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR test on debug controls
 2025-08-11  8:12 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 1/2] nVMX: Remove the IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR access in debugctls test

[PATCH v2] block, bfq: remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN
 2025-08-11  8:11 UTC 

[PATCH v2] media: qcom: camss: Add support for regulator init_load_uA in CSIPHY
 2025-08-11  8:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/6] porting pq compnent for MT8196
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: gamma: Add support "
` [PATCH v3 2/6] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: dither: "
` [PATCH v3 3/6] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: ccorr: "
` [PATCH v3 4/6] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: disp-tdshp: "

Thunderbolt call trace occurs on hot-plug
 2025-08-11  8:04 UTC  (4+ messages)

[meta-ti][master][PATCH] CI/CD Auto-Merger: cicd.master.202508110100
 2025-08-11  8:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5] ASoC: dt-bindings: realtek,alc5623: convert to DT schema
 2025-08-11  8:09 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] Update riscv's SYS_BOOTM_LEN to the most commonly used value
 2025-08-11  8:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] riscv: Increase Microchip Icicle's SYS_BOOTM_LEN

[PATCH v5] [matchbox-panel-2] panel: added sysfs support
 2025-08-11  8:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` [yocto-patches] "

[PATCH] btrfs: restore mount option info messages during mount
 2025-08-11  8:08 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/3] clk: tegra: add DFLL support for Tegra 4
 2025-08-11  8:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/3] drivers: cpufreq: add Tegra 4 support

[PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: rockchip: disable display subsystem for Radxa E52C
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH v4 0/8] pdx: introduce a new compression algorithm
 2025-08-11  8:07 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/8] pdx: provide a unified set of unit functions

[XEN PATCH] xen: Drop logic for old clang versions
 2025-08-11  8:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] media: Add Sony IMX585 image sensor support
 2025-08-11  8:06 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: media: Add Sony IMX585 CMOS image sensor
` [PATCH v2 3/4] media: i2c: imx585: Add Sony IMX585 image-sensor driver

[PATCH 0/9] commit-graph: remove reliance on global state
 2025-08-11  8:05 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/9] commit-graph: stop using signed integers to count bloom filters

[PATCH v3 00/10] Support ROHM BD79105 ADC
 2025-08-11  8:05 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 08/10] dt-bindings: iio: adc: ad7476: Add ROHM bd79105

[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: rockchip: convert rk3528 power-domains to dt-binding constants
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5 RESEND] thermal: tegra: add SOCTHERM support for Tegra114
 2025-08-11  8:04 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5 RESEND] soc: tegra: fuse: add Tegra114 nvmem cells and fuse lookups
` [PATCH v2 2/5 RESEND] dt-bindings: thermal: Document Tegra114 SOCTHERM Thermal Management System
` [PATCH v2 3/5 RESEND] thermal: tegra: soctherm-fuse: parametrize configuration further
` [PATCH v2 4/5 RESEND] thermal: tegra: add Tegra114 specific SOCTHERM driver
` [PATCH v2 5/5 RESEND] ARM: tegra: Add SOCTHERM support on Tegra114

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ixgbe: fix incorrect map used in eee linkmode
 2025-08-11  8:04 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/xe_compute_preempt: remove WMTP check in multiprocess tests
 2025-08-11  8:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "

[LTP] shmctl03.c is broken for 32bit compat mode
 2025-08-11  8:03 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: Enable HDMI audio output for NanoPi R6C/R6S
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH linux] of: resolves TODO for copy_from_slice
 2025-08-11  8:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V9 0/7] Add NUMA mempolicy support for KVM guest-memfd
 2025-08-11  8:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH V9 1/7] KVM: guest_memfd: Use guest mem inodes instead of anonymous inodes

[RFC/PATCH] drivers/of: add debug for early dump of the dtb strcutrue
 2025-08-11  8:02 UTC  (4+ messages)

[patch V2 m@/6] perf: Convert mmap() related reference counts to refcount_t
 2025-08-11  8:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/10] PCI/TSM: Core infrastructure for PCI device security (TDISP)
 2025-08-11  8:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 07/10] PCI/IDE: Add IDE establishment helpers

[CI 0/5] drm/i915/tc: Fix enabled/disconnected DP-alt sink handling
 2025-08-11  8:01 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [CI 1/5] drm/i915/lnl+/tc: Fix handling of an enabled/disconnected dp-alt sink
` [CI 2/5] drm/i915/icl+/tc: Cache the max lane count value
` [CI 3/5] drm/i915/lnl+/tc: Fix max lane count HW readout
` [CI 4/5] drm/i915/lnl+/tc: Use the cached max lane count value
` [CI 5/5] drm/i915/icl+/tc: Convert AUX powered WARN to a debug message

[PATCH v2] mm/numa_memblks: Use pr_debug instead of printk(KERN_DEBUG)
 2025-08-11  8:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] trace/hwlat: Add WARN_ON in move_to_next_cpu()
 2025-08-11  8:01 UTC 

[PATCH v5.10] scsi: pm80xx: Fix memory leak during rmmod
 2025-08-11  8:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Patch v2] selftests/mm: do check_huge_anon() with a number been passed in
 2025-08-11  8:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] block: fix kobject double initialization in add_disk
 2025-08-11  8:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/6] MHDP8546 fixes related to DBANC usecase
 2025-08-11  7:59 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/6] drm/bridge: cadence: cdns-mhdp8546-core: Remove legacy support for connector initialisation in bridge
` [PATCH v5 2/6] drm/bridge: cadence: cdns-mhdp8546*: Change drm_connector from structure to pointer
` [PATCH v5 4/6] drm/bridge: cadence: cdns-mhdp8546-core: Add mode_valid hook to drm_bridge_funcs
` [PATCH v5 5/6] drm/bridge: cadence: cdns-mhdp8546-core: Reduce log level for DPCD read/write

[PATCH] pwm: meson: Stop premature exit from for loop
 2025-08-08  9:34 UTC 

[PATCH] Fix detection of odd memory configurations on sunxi
 2025-08-11  7:35 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/2] target/arm: Added support for SME register exposure to GDB
 2025-08-11  7:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] "

[PATCH v15 0/4] xen/domain: domain ID allocation
 2025-08-11  7:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v15 3/4] tools/tests: introduce unit tests for domain ID allocator

using qemu linux-user with setuid applications (C binfmt flag)
 2025-08-11  7:55 UTC 

[PATCH v2] gpio: pisosr: read ngpios as U32
 2025-08-11  7:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] Minor documentation fixes
 2025-08-11  7:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] Better split_huge_page_test result check
 2025-08-11  7:55 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/huge_memory: add new_order and offset to split_huge_pages*() pr_debug
` [PATCH v2 2/3] selftests/mm: add check_folio_orders() helper

[PATCH v2] mm/memory-failure: fix infinite UCE for VM_PFNMAP'ed page
 2025-08-11  7:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] soc: ti: pruss: don't use %pK through printk
 2025-08-11  7:48 UTC 

[PATCH] xen/arm: irq: add missing spin_unlock() in init_local_irq_data() error path
 2025-08-11  7:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] package/php-lua: fix build with PHP8/GCC14
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC 

wait code is fishy
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] coredump: simplify coredump_skip()
 2025-08-11  7:51 UTC 

[PATCH 1/1] common/sfc_efx/base: enable parallel detect via netport MCDI
 2025-08-11  7:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] MIPS: Alchemy: convert from round_rate() to determine_rate()
 2025-08-11  7:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] ppc/xive2: Fix integer overflow warning in xive2_redistribute()
 2025-08-11  7:49 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] dmaengine: qcom: bam_dma: Fix DT error handling for num-channels/ees
 2025-08-11  7:51 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/8] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8550: Add missing properties for cryptobam
` [PATCH 4/8] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8650: "

[PATCH] selftests/coredump: Remove the read() that fails the test
 2025-08-11  7:49 UTC 

[PATCH 00/21] gpiolib: fence off legacy interfaces
 2025-08-11  7:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 17/21] nfc: marvell: convert to gpio descriptors


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