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[RFC 00/16] Introduce ring flexible placement
 2025-11-06 17:01 UTC 

[PATCH 3/4] mfd: bcm2835-pm: Add support for BCM2712
 2025-11-06 17:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH v2 0/16] SRCU updates for v6.19
 2025-11-06 17:01 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 10/16] tracing: Guard __DECLARE_TRACE() use of __DO_TRACE_CALL() with SRCU-fast

[PATCH 0/2] cxl: Cleanup region_res_match_cxl_range() function
 2025-11-06 17:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] cxl: Rename region_res_match_cxl_range() to spa_maps_hpa()
` [PATCH 2/2] cxl: Clarify comment in spa_maps_hpa()

[PATCH] tracing: Hide __NR_utimensat and _NR_mq_timedsend when not defined
 2025-11-06 17:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] Invalidate cached FAT device upon boot error
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/28] Optimize the hot path in the UFS driver
 2025-11-06 17:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] tools: key2dtsi: Write out modulus and r-squared with the correct length
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6] backlight: led-backlight: add devlink to supplier LEDs
 2025-11-06 17:00 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH v2] common/spl: fix endless loop in spl_fit_append_fdt()
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/5] Enable Remote GPIO over RPMSG on i.MX Platform
 2025-11-06 17:00 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 4/5] gpio: imx-rpmsg: add imx-rpmsg GPIO driver

[PATCH] Azure: Ensure we do a shallow git clone
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: Return -ENODEV if gpio_hog_lookup_name() is empty
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] acpi: use U-Boot ACPI vendor ID
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 3/3] drm/xe/tests: Add KUnit tests for PF fair provisioning
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "

[PATCH] Revert "power: regulator: Add vin-supply for GPIO and Fixed regulators"
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] armv8: implement workaround for broken CNTFRQ_EL0 value
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amd/pm: Remove power2_average node
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC 

[PATCH] backlight: pwm_bl: apply the initial backlight state with sane defaults
 2025-11-06 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH v4 00/12] Nesting support for lazy MMU mode
 2025-11-06 16:32 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 07/12] mm: enable lazy_mmu sections to nest

[PATCH RFC v2 0/5] bpf: avoid locks in bpf_timer and bpf_wq
 2025-11-06 16:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v2 2/5] bpf: refactor bpf_async_cb prog swap
` [PATCH RFC v2 3/5] bpf: factor out timer deletion helper

[PATCH v2] ARM: dts: aspeed: clemente: add gpio line name to io expander
 2025-11-06 16:58 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] leds: Drop duplicate LEDS_EXPRESSWIRE config
 2025-11-06 16:58 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH] ASoC: dapm-graph: Handle sourd card with space in name
 2025-11-06 16:58 UTC 

[PATCH] platform/x86: hp-wmi: Add Omen MAX 16-ah0xx fan support and thermal profile
 2025-11-06 16:56 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] [PATCH v2] platform/x86: hp-wmi: Fixed Omen MAX 16-ah0xx board name

[PATCH v1 0/2] iio: adc: Add support for TI ADS131M0x ADCs
 2025-11-06 16:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/2] iio: adc: Add TI ADS131M0x ADC driver

[PATCH v7 00/15] drm/amd/display: more drm_edid to AMD display driver
 2025-11-06 16:49 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 01/15] drm/amd/display: make sure drm_edid stored in aconnector doesn't leak
` [PATCH v7 02/15] drm/amd/display: start using drm_edid helpers to parse EDID caps
` [PATCH v7 03/15] drm/amd/display: use drm_edid_product_id for parsing EDID product info
` [PATCH v7 04/15] drm/amd/display: use drm_edid helper to set analog EDID caps
` [PATCH v7 05/15] drm/edid: introduce a helper that gets monitor name from drm_edid
` [PATCH v7 06/15] drm/amd/display: get panel id with drm_edid helper
` [PATCH v7 07/15] drm/amd/display: get SAD from drm_eld when parsing EDID caps
` [PATCH v7 08/15] drm/amd/display: get SADB "
` [PATCH v7 09/15] drm/amd/display: simplify dm_helpers_parse_edid_caps signature
` [PATCH v7 10/15] drm/amd/display: change DC functions to accept private types for edid
` [PATCH v7 11/15] drm/amd/display: add DM helpers to handle EDID in DC via drm_edid helpers
` [PATCH v7 12/15] drm/amd/display: create a function to fill dc_sink with edid data
` [PATCH v7 13/15] drm/edid: introduce a helper that compares edid data from two drm_edid
` [PATCH v7 14/15] drm/amd/display: add drm_edid to dc_sink
` [PATCH v7 15/15] drm/amd/display: move dc_sink from dc_edid to drm_edid

[XEN][PATCH] xen/x86: guest_access: optimize raw_x_guest() for PV and HVM combinations
 2025-11-06 16:55 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 2/2] backlight: ktd2801: Depend on GPIOLIB
 2025-11-06 16:56 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH 0/2] ExpressWire dependency fixes
 2025-11-06 16:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/edid: add 6 bpc quirk to the Sharp LQ116M1JW10
 2025-11-06 16:56 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] tty: serial: sh-sci: fix RSCI FIFO overrun handling
 2025-11-06 16:55 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/9] spi: enable the SpacemiT K1 SoC QSPI
 2025-11-06 16:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/9] dt-bindings: spi: fsl-qspi: support SpacemiT K1

[PATCH v4 1/4] drm/amd/pm: Update pmfw headers for smuv_13_0_12
 2025-11-06 16:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/4] drm/amd/pm: Add ppt1 support for smu_v13_0_12
` [PATCH v4 3/4] drm/amd/pm: Expose ppt1 limit for gc_v9_5_0
` [PATCH v4 4/4] drm/amd/pm: Enable ppt1 caps for smu_v13_0_12

[PATCH v3 00/29] arm_mpam: Add basic mpam driver
 2025-11-06 16:55 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 06/29] ACPI / MPAM: Parse the MPAM table
` [PATCH v3 26/29] arm_mpam: Use long MBWU counters if supported

[PATCH 0/3] PF: migration-friendly auto-provisioning
 2025-11-06 16:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] drm/xe/pf: Use migration-friendly context IDs auto-provisioning

madvise(MADV_COLLAPSE) fails with EINVAL on dirty file-backed text pages
 2025-11-06 16:55 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH -v4 0/2] arm, tlbflush: avoid TLBI broadcast if page reused in write fault
 2025-11-06 16:54 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH -v4 2/2] arm64, tlbflush: don't "

[PATCH v4 15/28] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Load the driver later in KVM mode
 2025-11-06 16:54 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v5 0/7] Support associating BPF programs with struct_ops
 2025-11-06 16:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v5 3/7] bpf: Pin associated struct_ops when registering async callback

[PATCH v2 0/8] fuse: support io-uring registered buffers
 2025-11-06 16:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 7/8] fuse: refactor setting up copy state for payload copying

[PATCH v5 0/2] audit: improve NETFILTER_PKT records
 2025-11-06 16:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] audit: add audit_log_packet_ip4 and audit_log_packet_ip6 helper functions
` [PATCH v5 2/2] audit: include source and destination ports to NETFILTER_PKT

[PATCH] wincred: align Makefile with other Makefiles in contrib
 2025-11-06 16:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] leds: leds-cros_ec: Skip LEDs without color components
 2025-11-06 16:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH 0/2] tracing: tprobe-events: Fixes for tprobe events
 2025-11-06 16:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] tracing: tprobe-events: Fix to register tracepoint correctly
` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: tprobe-events: Fix to put tracepoint_user when disable the tprobe

[PATCH] strparser: Fix signed/unsigned mismatch bug
 2025-11-06 16:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [PATCH net v2] "

[PATCH v1 0/2] bitops: update MAINTAINERS and fix hweight.c
 2025-11-06 16:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] Fix deadlock during RSCI FIFO overrun error
 2025-11-06 16:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: sh-sci: "

[PATCH] mfd: altera-sysmgr: Fix device reference leak in altr_sysmgr_regmap_lookup_by_phandle
 2025-11-06 16:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] Add TUXEDO Elite 14 Gen1 (X1E78100)
 2025-11-06 16:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 5/7] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Add TUXEDO Computers device

[LTP] [PATCH] thermal: add new test group
 2025-11-06 16:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

powerpc/e500: WARNING: at mm/hugetlb.c:4755 hugetlb_add_hstate
 2025-11-06 16:19 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] hid/hid-multitouch: Keep latency normal on deactivate for reactivation gesture
 2025-11-06 16:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Use kmalloc_nolock() in range tree
 2025-11-06 16:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] Add SoC remapper support for system controller
 2025-11-06 16:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.Full: success for "

[PATCH net-next v4 00/15] net: introduce QUIC infrastructure and core subcomponents
 2025-11-06 16:49 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v4 10/15] quic: add packet number space
` [PATCH net-next v4 13/15] quic: add timer management

[PATCH v2 0/2] ublk: simplify user copy
 2025-11-06 16:49 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] ublk: use rq_for_each_bvec() for "

[PATCH] usb: typec: tipd: drop double register read in tps6598x_interrupt
 2025-11-06 16:48 UTC 

[BUG REPORT] cifs/smb data corruption when writing, x86_64, kernel 6.6.71
 2025-11-06 16:49 UTC  (11+ messages)
` AW: [[ EXT ]] "
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[PATCH v10 0/5] NFSD: Implement NFSD_IO_DIRECT for NFS WRITE
 2025-11-06 16:48 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 3/5] NFSD: Enable return of an updated stable_how to NFS clients
` [PATCH v10 4/5] NFSD: Implement NFSD_IO_DIRECT for NFS WRITE

[Patch 0/2] NFSD: Fix server hang when there are multiple layout conflicts
 2025-11-06 16:47 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] locks: Introduce lm_breaker_timedout op to lease_manager_operations
` [PATCH 2/2] NFSD: Fix server hang when there are multiple layout conflicts

[PATCH net-next v2 00/11] net: stmmac: ingenic: convert to set_phy_intf_sel()
 2025-11-06 16:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 11/11] net: stmmac: ingenic: use ->set_phy_intf_sel()

[PATCH 00/21] lib: add alternatives for GENMASK()
 2025-11-06 16:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 06/21] mfd: prepare to generalize BITS() macro

[PATCH v2 00/10] drm/i915: Stop the intel_de_wait_custom() abuse
 2025-11-06 16:47 UTC  (4+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/i915: Stop the intel_de_wait_custom() abuse (rev2)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/i915: Stop the intel_de_wait_custom() abuse (rev3)
` ✗ CI.checksparse: warning "

[PATCH v5 00/32] hw/arm/virt: Add support for user-creatable accelerated SMMUv3
 2025-11-06 16:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 32/32] hw/arm/smmuv3-accel: Add support for PASID enable

Independence for dma_fences! v2
 2025-11-06 16:46 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 11/20] drm/amdgpu: fix KFD eviction fence enable_signaling path

[PATCH RFC RFT] interconnect: qcom: implement get_bw with rpmh_read
 2025-11-06 16:46 UTC 

[wireless:for-next] BUILD SUCCESS 4c740c4d8bac5569c5bf5f86db65ce779178f9a2
 2025-11-06 16:45 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/26] Non-const bitfield helpers
 2025-11-06 16:45 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 12/26] bitfield: Add less-checking __FIELD_{GET,PREP}()
` [PATCH v6 13/26] bitfield: Add non-constant field_{prep,get}() helpers

[PATCH 0/4] vfio: selftest: Add SR-IOV UAPI test
 2025-11-06 16:44 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] vfio: selftests: Add support for passing vf_token in device init
` [PATCH 2/4] vfio: selftests: Export vfio_pci_device functions
` [PATCH 3/4] vfio: selftests: Add helper to set/override a vf_token

[PATCH v1 0/8] drm/panthor: Misc scheduler fixes
 2025-11-06 16:44 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 3/8] drm/panthor: Fix the group priority rotation logic
` [PATCH v1 5/8] drm/panthor: Fix immediate ticking on a disabled tick
` [PATCH v1 6/8] drm/panthor: Fix the logic that decides when to stop ticking
` [PATCH v1 7/8] drm/panthor: Make sure we resume the tick when new jobs are submitted
` [PATCH v1 8/8] drm/panthor: Kill panthor_sched_immediate_tick()

[PATCH v3 1/4] i2c: machxo2: new driver
 2025-11-06 16:42 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/4] mfd: tqmx86: refactor I2C setup

[PATCH] crypto: cavium/nitrox - add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2025-11-06 16:42 UTC 

[PATCH] tracing: wprobe: Use a new seq_print_ip_sym_offset() wrapper
 2025-11-06 16:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent urb from writing out of bounds
 2025-11-06 16:41 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] smartpqi updates
 2025-11-06 16:38 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] smartpqi: Add timeout value to RAID path requests to physical devices
` [PATCH 2/4] smartpqi: Fix device resources accessed after device removal
` [PATCH 3/4] smartpqi: add support for Hurray Data new controller PCI device
` [PATCH 4/4] smartpqi: update version to 2.1.36-026

[PATCH v2 0/4] iommu: Add IOMMU_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC sanitizer
 2025-11-06 16:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] drivers/iommu: Add page_ext for IOMMU_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
` [PATCH v2 2/4] drivers/iommu: Add calls "
` [PATCH v2 3/4] drivers/iommu-debug-pagealloc: Track IOMMU pages
` [PATCH v2 4/4] drivers/iommu-debug-pagealloc: Check mapped/unmapped kernel memory

[PATCHSET v10 sched_ext/for-6.19] Add a deadline server for sched_ext tasks
 2025-11-06 16:39 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/11] sched/debug: Stop and start server based on if it was active

[PATCH v2] mm: cleanup vma_iter_bulk_alloc
 2025-11-06 16:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] net/dpaa2: fix duplicate calling of dpaa2 dev close
 2025-11-06 16:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] net/dpaa2: clear active VDQ state when freeing Rx queues
` [PATCH 3/3] bus/fslmc: add support for hotplug of dpni

[PATCH] crypto: atmel-i2c - add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2025-11-06 16:37 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/23] KVM: s390: gmap rewrite, the real deal
 2025-11-06 16:37 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 21/23] KVM: s390: Enable 1M pages for gmap

[PATCH v3] xen: Strip xen.efi by default
 2025-11-06 16:37 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/5] tools: ynl: turn the page-pool sample into a real tool
 2025-11-06 16:37 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 2/5] tools: ynltool: create skeleton for the C command

[PATCH net-next v7 00/12] net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: Add support for MaxLinear GSW1xx switch family
 2025-11-06 16:36 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v7 12/12] net: dsa: add driver "

[LTP] [PATCH v2 0/5] swapon03: Try to swapon() as many files until it fails
 2025-11-06 16:35 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v2 1/5] swapon03: Don't create swap file twice
` [LTP] [PATCH v2 2/5] swapon03: Cleanup
` [LTP] [PATCH v2 3/5] swapon03: Try to swapon() as many files until it fails
` [LTP] [PATCH v2 4/5] libswap: Remove now unused tst_max_swapfiles()
` [LTP] [PATCH v2 5/5] swapon03: Remove grep dependency

[PATCH v3 1/1] x86/boot/compressed: Fix avoiding memmap in physical KASLR
 2025-11-06 16:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Regression] depmod fails on kernel 6.17.1 rc1
 2025-11-06 16:35 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] mm: kill mm_wr_locked from unmap_vmas() and unmap_single_vma()
 2025-11-06 16:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL] Networking for v6.18-rc5
 2025-11-06 16:34 UTC 

[PATCH v2] docs/zh_CN: Add kbuild timestamp Chinese translation
 2025-11-06 16:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 00/19] Fix building much of DPDK with -Wshadow
 2025-11-06 16:33 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 05/19] graph: fix variable shadowing errors

[PATCH] net/ice: add source prune configuration API
 2025-11-06 16:33 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v5] net/ice: add option to enable source prune

[GIT PULL] Networking for v6.17
 2025-11-06 16:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] cpufreq: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2025-11-06 16:33 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/8] RTL8231 GPIO expander support
 2025-11-06 16:33 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 5/8] mfd: Add RTL8231 core device

[PATCH v4 0/4] mm/userfaultfd: modulize memory types
 2025-11-06 16:32 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] crypto/hwrng: Simplify with of_device_get_match_data()
 2025-11-06 16:31 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] hwrng: bcm2835 - Move MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to table definition
` [PATCH 2/6] hwrng: bcm2835 - Simplify with of_device_get_match_data()
` [PATCH 3/6] crypto: artpec6 "
` [PATCH 4/6] crypto: ccp - Constify 'dev_vdata' member
` [PATCH 5/6] crypto: ccp - Simplify with of_device_get_match_data()
` [PATCH 6/6] crypto: cesa "

[RFC] xfs: fake fallocate success for always CoW inodes
 2025-11-06 16:31 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] char: xillybus: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2025-11-06 16:30 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/7] rust: pci: add config space read/write support
 2025-11-06 16:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 6/7] "

Overhead of arm64 LSE per-CPU atomics?
 2025-11-06 16:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: Use load LSE atomics for the non-return per-CPU atomic operations
 2025-11-06 16:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND v3] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check
 2025-11-06 16:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] arm64: qcom: add support for Arduino UnoQ SBC
 2025-11-06 16:29 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] arm64: dts: qcom: qcm2290: add uart2 node
` [PATCH 5/5] arm64: dts: qcom: unoq: add dts for arduino unoq

[PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: arm64: Fixes for guest CPU feature trapping and enabling
 2025-11-06 16:28 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: arm64: Fix Trace Buffer trapping for protected VMs

[PATCH] tpm: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2025-11-06 16:28 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] mtd: rawnand: atmel: Fix ECC error on SAM9
 2025-11-06 16:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] mtd: rawnand: atmel: Remove timing from atmel_pmecc struct

[PATCH 1/3] drm/amdgpu: Refactor sriov xgmi topology filling to common code
 2025-11-06 16:27 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] net/handshake: Fix memory leak in tls_handshake_accept()
 2025-11-06 16:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH BlueZ v1] github/stale: Fix not removing stale tag when an issue is updated
 2025-11-06 16:26 UTC 

[PATCH] bus: mhi: ep: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2025-11-06 16:24 UTC 

[PATCH] dt-bindings: mfd: qcom,tcsr: Add compatible for Kaanapali
 2025-11-06 16:24 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v8 00/14] vsock: add namespace support to vhost-vsock
 2025-11-06 16:23 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] gpio: Simplify with of_device_get_match_data()
 2025-11-06 16:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] gpio: aspeed: "

[f2fs-dev] [syzbot] [iomap?] kernel BUG in folio_end_read (2)
 2025-11-06 16:22 UTC  (10+ messages)
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