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[PATCH net v1] net: atm: fix crash due to unvalidated vcc pointer in sigd_send()
 2026-02-10 10:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: arduino-imola: fix faulty spidev node
 2026-02-10 10:39 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/3] tegra194 PCI endpoint fixes
 2026-02-10 10:39 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] PCI: tegra194: Reset BARs when running in PCIe endpoint mode

[PATCH 0/1] Introduce Monaco EVK Peripheral Mezzanine
 2026-02-10 10:38 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] arm64: dts: qcom: monaco-evk: Add Mezzanine

[bug report] net: ethtool: Introduce per-PHY DUMP operations
 2026-02-10 10:37 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH RFC] crypto: keytoc: Split env-provided full keyspec on spaces
 2026-02-10 10:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] vte: 0.82.2 -> 0.83.90
 2026-02-10 10:36 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] dpkg: 1.22.21 -> 1.23.5
` [PATCH 3/3] gnupg: 2.5.14 -> 2.5.17
  ` Patchtest results for "
    ` [OE-core] "
` [OE-core] [PATCH 1/3] vte: 0.82.2 -> 0.83.90

[PATCH wireless-next v4 0/3] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: add support to handle incumbent signal detected event
 2026-02-10 10:36 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH wireless-next v4 1/3] wifi: cfg80211: add support to handle incumbent signal detected event from mac80211/driver
` [PATCH wireless-next v4 2/3] wifi: mac80211: add support to handle incumbent signal detected event from driver
` [PATCH wireless-next v4 3/3] wifi: mac80211_hwsim: add incumbent signal interference detection support

[RFC PATCH 0/4] Add dma_fence abstractions and DRM Jobqueue
 2026-02-10 10:36 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 2/4] rust: sync: Add dma_fence abstractions

[PATCH 00/12] const-ify vendor checks
 2026-02-10 10:35 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/12] x86: Reject CPU policies with vendors other than the host's
` [PATCH 02/12] x86: Add more granularity to the vendors in Kconfig
` [PATCH 03/12] x86: Add cpu_vendor() as a wrapper for the host's CPU vendor

[PATCH] objpool: fix minimum alignment of 'struct objpool_slot'
 2026-02-10 10:35 UTC 

[REGRESSION] Verdin AM62/62P not booting with 42b3ee7fa524
 2026-02-10 10:34 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t 1/1] tests/kms_content_protection: Re-create framebuffer before each modeset
 2026-02-10 10:34 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/xe_exec_system_allocator: Add helpers to enable and reset hugepages for test execution
 2026-02-10 10:34 UTC 

[PATCH] delayacct: fix build regression on accounting tool
 2026-02-10 10:34 UTC 

[PATCH] btrfs: convert log messages to error level in btrfs_replay_log()
 2026-02-10 10:33 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/imagination: Fix ROGUE_MAX_COMPUTE_SHARED_REGISTERS
 2026-02-10 10:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V2 0/2] mm/slab: support kmalloc_nolock() -> kfree[_rcu]()
 2026-02-10 10:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 2/2] mm/slab: drop the OBJEXTS_NOSPIN_ALLOC flag from enum objext_flags

[PATCH i-g-t v5 0/2] tests/kms_plane: Refine clamping and modifier skips
 2026-02-10 10:33 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH] Trap and Emulate changes
 2026-02-10 10:31 UTC 

[PATCH] thinkpad_acpi: Add Auto mode support with dynamic max_brightness
 2026-02-10 10:31 UTC  (7+ messages)

[bluez/bluez] e2bb5a: emulator: Fix compilation on big endian systems
 2026-02-10 10:29 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] sched: Various reweight_entity() fixes
 2026-02-10 10:29 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] phy: qcom: edp: Add DP/eDP switch for phys
 2026-02-10 10:29 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] phy: qcom: edp: Correct and clean up eDP/DP combo PHY configuration values
` [PATCH 2/3] phy: qcom: edp: Add per-version LDO configuration callback
` [PATCH 3/3] phy: qcom: edp: Add eDP phy mode switch support

[Buildroot] [PATCH] DEVELOPPERS: adopt mosquitto
 2026-02-10 10:29 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] btrfs: zoned fix two long standing ENOSPC bugs
 2026-02-10 10:28 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] btrfs: zoned: cap delayed refs metadata reservation to avoid overcommit
` [PATCH v2 2/3] btrfs: zoned: move partially zone_unusable block groups to reclaim list
` [PATCH v2 3/3] btrfs: zoned: add zone reclaim flush state for DATA space_info

[PATCH 6.1.y-cip] i2c: riic: Move suspend handling to NOIRQ phase
 2026-02-10 10:27 UTC 

[PATCH 5.10.y-cip] i2c: riic: Move suspend handling to NOIRQ phase
 2026-02-10 10:26 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] ARM: stm32mp: RIFSC bus driver update
 2026-02-10 10:26 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] ARM: stm32mp: Add STM32MP21 support for RIFSC bus driver
` [PATCH 2/4] ARM: stm32mp: Do not acquire RIFSC semaphore if CID filtering is disabled
` [PATCH 3/4] ARM: stm32mp: Fix CID and semaphore check
` [PATCH 4/4] ARM: stm32mp: Check secure state first

[PATCH v4 0/5] target/sparc: Use explicit big-endian LD/ST API
 2026-02-10 10:26 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/5] target/sparc: Remove dubious swapping in LD_code() helper

[PATCH v9 00/15] Apply drm_bridge_connector and panel_bridge helper for the Analogix DP driver
 2026-02-10  9:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 14/15] drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Remove bridge disabing and panel unpreparing in analogix_dp_unbind()
  ` [PATCH v9 15/15] drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Apply panel_bridge helper

Support needed to continue Smatch work
 2026-02-10 10:26 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [bug report] iio: dac: adding support for Microchip MCP47FEB02

[PATCH] PCI: dwc: rcar-gen4-ep: Program Resizable BARs and drop 1MiB BAR limit
 2026-02-10 10:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/1] lib/gpgpu_shader: set r1.4 to dim.x
 2026-02-10 10:24 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "

Moving from qemu-pr-helper and libmpathpersist to <linux/pr.h>
 2026-02-10 10:23 UTC  (12+ messages)

[REGRESSION] Discussion on "xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling"
 2026-02-10 10:17 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 0/4] mtd/spi-mem: Enable DQS support
 2026-02-10 10:23 UTC  (4+ messages)

Surprising behaviour when reading from a named pipe and standard input
 2026-02-10 10:24 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] RDMA/core: Fix stale RoCE GIDs during netdev events at registration
 2026-02-10 10:22 UTC  (12+ messages)

Independence for dma_fences! v7
 2026-02-10 10:02 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] dma-buf: protected fence ops by RCU v5
` [PATCH 2/8] dma-buf: detach fence ops on signal v2
` [PATCH 3/8] dma-buf: abstract fence locking v2
` [PATCH 4/8] dma-buf: inline spinlock for fence protection v4
` [PATCH 5/8] dma-buf/selftests: test RCU ops and inline lock v2
` [PATCH 6/8] dma-buf: use inline lock for the stub fence v2
` [PATCH 7/8] dma-buf: use inline lock for the dma-fence-array
` [PATCH 8/8] dma-buf: use inline lock for the dma-fence-chain

[PATCH] btrfs: handle errors from cache_save_setup
 2026-02-10 10:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] net: stmmac: eic7700: fix EIC7700 eth1 RX sampling timing
 2026-02-10 10:21 UTC  (4+ messages)
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[stable-6.6.y] mm: khugepaged refuses to freeze
 2026-02-10 10:21 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] staging: octeon: type change from uint<bits>_t to u<bits>
 2026-02-10 10:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6.18 000/175] 6.18.10-rc1 review
 2026-02-10 10:19 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.18 134/175] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Fix deadlocks related to acpi_power_meter_notify()

[PATCH] md/raid10: fix deadlock with check operation and nowait requests
 2026-02-10 10:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 i-g-t 0/7] PCI driver helpers and xe-vfio-pci FLR improvement
 2026-02-10 10:19 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 i-g-t 2/7] lib/igt_pci: Add generic PCI driver override and bind/unbind helpers

[PATCH RESEND 0/5] KVM: x86: selftests: Add Hygon CPUs support and fix failures
 2026-02-10 10:17 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RESEND 5/5] KVM: x86: selftests: Fix write MSR_TSC_AUX reserved bits test failure on Hygon

[koverstreet-bcachefs:bcachefs-rebalance_v2 518/799] fs/bcachefs/init/chardev.c:629:56-57: Unneeded semicolon
 2026-02-10 10:17 UTC 

[RFC PATCH] iommu/io-pgtable: Add support for Arm Mali v10+ GPUs page table format
 2026-02-10 10:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] drm/imagination: Improve handling of FWCCB command types
 2026-02-10 10:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Outreachy PATCH v6 1/3] environment: stop storing `core.attributesFile` globally
 2026-02-10 10:17 UTC 

[PATCH] hw/char/pl011: Only log "data written to disabled UART" once
 2026-02-10 10:17 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] arm64: dts: arduino-imola: add support for sound
 2026-02-10 10:16 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] arm64: dts: qcom: agatti: add LPASS devices
` [PATCH 3/4] arm64: dts: arduino-imola: add support for sound

[PATCH v2 1/3] examples/l3fwd: extend NUMA nodes limit beyond 8
 2026-02-10 10:15 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t 0/2] Add MediaTek CTM color test support
 2026-02-10 10:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: dwc3: am62: handle usb2_refclk enable failures
 2026-02-10 10:15 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/21] qom: introduce property flags to track external user input
 2026-02-10 10:12 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 07/21] qom/object: introduce user interaction flags for properties
` [PATCH v2 14/21] hw/core/qdev-properties: allow qdev properties accept flags

PL353 NAND Controller - SW vs HW ECC
 2026-02-10 10:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/3] of: parsing of multi #{iommu,msi}-cells in maps
 2026-02-10 10:11 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/3] of: Add convenience wrappers for of_map_id()
` [PATCH v7 2/3] of: factor arguments passed to of_map_id() into a struct
` [PATCH v7 3/3] of: Respect #{iommu,msi}-cells in maps

[PATCH v7 0/4] arm64: dts: qcom: Introduce Glymur SoC dtsi and Glymur CRD dts
 2026-02-10 10:11 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/4] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Document Glymur SoC and board

[PATCH v2] ufs: core: support UFSHCI 4.1 CQ entry tag
 2026-02-10 10:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 net-next 00/15] net: fec: improve XDP copy mode and add AF_XDP zero-copy support
 2026-02-10 10:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH -next v8 0/3] rust: Add CList and GPU buddy allocator bindings
 2026-02-10 10:10 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH -next v8 1/3] rust: clist: Add support to interface with C linked lists
` [PATCH -next v8 3/3] nova-core: mm: Select GPU_BUDDY for VRAM allocation

[PATCH 0/13] kernel-yocto: 6.18 updates and 6.12/6.16 removal
 2026-02-10 10:09 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH] Bluetooth: fix use-after-free in hci_conn_drop
 2026-02-10 10:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/4] refs: allow setting the reference directory
 2026-02-10 10:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/4] refs: forward and use the reference storage payload

[PATCH v4 0/7] rpm: 4.20.1 -> 6.0.1
 2026-02-10 10:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/7] classes-global/package_rpm.bbclass: Remove %pre and %postin for libc6
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport double free
 2026-02-10 10:08 UTC 

[PATCH 5.15 00/75] 5.15.200-rc1 review
 2026-02-10 10:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] drm/i915/color: Add 3D LUT to color pipeline since Lunar Lake
 2026-02-10 10:05 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] drm/i915/color: Adjust DE version checking for 3D LUT

[PATCH] gpio: swnode: restore the swnode-name-against-chip-label matching
 2026-02-10 10:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

drivers/md/raid10.c:1257:25: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 2, have 1
 2026-02-10 10:05 UTC 

[PATCH] remoteproc: qcom_wcnss: Fix reserved region mapping failure
 2026-02-10 10:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/1] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0001: Factor out do_write_buffer_locked() to reduce stack frame
 2026-02-10 10:05 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/time: adjust handling of negative delta in stime2tsc()
 2026-02-10 10:04 UTC 

Performance regressions introduced via Revert "cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information" on 5.15 LTS
 2026-02-10 10:04 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/9] Enable display support for STM32MP257F-DK and STM32MP235F-DK
 2026-02-10 10:04 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/9] arm64: dts: st: add i2c2 pins for stm32mp25
` [PATCH v2 2/9] arm64: dts: st: add ltdc support on stm32mp231
` [PATCH v2 3/9] arm64: dts: st: add ltdc support on stm32mp235
` [PATCH v2 4/9] arm64: dts: st: add lvds "
` [PATCH v2 5/9] arm64: dts: st: add clock-cells to syscfg node on stm32mp231
` [PATCH v2 6/9] arm64: dts: st: describe power supplies for stm32mp235f-dk board
` [PATCH v2 7/9] arm64: dts: st: enable display support on "
` [PATCH v2 8/9] arm64: dts: st: describe power supplies for stm32mp257f-dk board
` [PATCH v2 9/9] arm64: dts: st: enable display support on "

[PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Fix dev_alloc_name() return value check
 2026-02-10 10:03 UTC 

[PATCH] objtool/rust: add one more `noreturn` Rust function
 2026-02-10 10:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFT 0/3] arm64: dts: qcom: glymur: Add USB support
 2026-02-10 10:03 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH RFT 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: glymur-crd: Enable "

[PATCH v2 00/12] Support for Samsung S2MU005 PMIC and its sub-devices
 2026-02-10 10:03 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/12] mfd: sec: add support for S2MU005 PMIC
` [PATCH v2 08/12] leds: flash: add support for Samsung S2M series PMIC flash LED device

[PATCH 1/1] tools build: Fix rust feature detection
 2026-02-10 10:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 5.15] riscv: Replace function-like macro by static inline function
 2026-02-10 10:01 UTC 

[PATCH v9 0/7] User readable error codes on atomic_ioctl failure
 2026-02-10 10:02 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for User readable error codes on atomic_ioctl failure (rev8)

[patch v1 0/2] Misc refactoring in XFS
 2026-02-10 10:01 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] fbcon: Declare struct fb_info.fbcon_par as of type struct fbcon_par
 2026-02-10 10:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/9] Improve Qualcomm EUD driver and platform support
 2026-02-10 10:00 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 6/9] usb: misc: qcom_eud: add host mode coordination

[PATCH V2 0/2] arm64/mm: Enable batched TLB flush in unmap_hotplug_range()
 2026-02-10  9:59 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 2/2] arm64/mm: Reject memory removal that splits a kernel leaf mapping

[PATCH 0/7] soc: st: add RISAB dump debug driver
 2026-02-10  9:58 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] dt-bindings: soc: st: document the RISAB firewall peripheral
` [PATCH 2/7] soc: st: add RISAB dump debug driver
` [PATCH 3/7] arm64: dts: st: add RISAB1/2/3/4/5/6 nodes to stm32mp251.dtsi

[PATCH 0/3] Thermal monitor on PM660
 2026-02-10  9:59 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: mfd: qcom,spmi-pmic: Allow PMIC4 thermal monitor on pm660
` [PATCH 2/3] thermal: qcom-spmi-adc-tm5: Correct the voltage-code scaling for HC
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: pm660: add thermal monitor

[PATCH V2 0/2] fix lockdep warnings with kmalloc_nolock()
 2026-02-10  9:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] tests/Makefile.include: add run-tcg-tests-TARGET to check-help
 2026-02-10  9:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] lib/amdgpu: add helper to log total test runtime
 2026-02-10  9:57 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for series starting with [1/2] "

[PATCH v12 0/7] support FEAT_LSUI
 2026-02-10  9:56 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 1/7] arm64: Kconfig: add support for LSUI
` [PATCH v12 2/7] arm64: cpufeature: add FEAT_LSUI

[jolsa-perf:bpf/tracing_multi_1 5/12] kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2966:15: error: call to undeclared function 'is_tracing_multi'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
 2026-02-10  9:56 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/11] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support
 2026-02-10  9:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 10/11] "

[PATCH v1] drm/amdgpu: fix sync handling in amdgpu_dma_buf_move_notify
 2026-02-10  9:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: qcom: hamoa-evk: Add DP0/DP1 audio playback support
 2026-02-10  9:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/2] drm/i915/dp: Fix pipe BPP clamping due to HDR
 2026-02-10  9:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for series starting with [v2,1/2] "

[PATCH RFC] drm/mediatek: Remove all conflicting aperture devices during probe
 2026-02-10  9:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] hw/usb/hcd-ohci: Implement frame number overflow event
 2026-02-10  9:54 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v1] ASoC: rockchip: i2s_tdm: Re-add the set_sysclk callback
 2026-02-10  9:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [REGRESSION] "

[PATCH 1/2] selftests/tracing: Fix to make --logdir option work again
 2026-02-10  9:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/tracing: Fix to check awk supports non POSIX strtonum()

[PATCH v9 0/1] smb: improve search speed of SMB2 maperror
 2026-02-10  9:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 1/1] smb/client: introduce KUnit test to check search result of smb2_error_map_table

[PATCH] systemd: fix libsystemd LICENSE for multilib
 2026-02-10  9:53 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH V4 0/3] Rust support for powerpc
 2026-02-10  9:53 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH V4 2/3] rust: Add PowerPC support

[PATCH 0/2] clk: qcom: Add support for GPUCC and GXCLK for Glymur
 2026-02-10  9:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] "

[PATCH v4 00/20] x86-android-tablets: convert to use GPIO references + Acer A1-840 support
 2026-02-10  9:53 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/20] platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: convert Goodix devices to GPIO references

[PATCH 2/2] platform/x86: int3472: Handle GPIO type 0x10 (DOVDD) for OV5675
 2026-02-10  9:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/5] drm/amd/ras: Add address check structure
 2026-02-10  9:52 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/5] drm/amd/ras: Add convert retired address structure
` [PATCH 3/5] drm/amd/ras: Handle address check in SR-IOV guest
` [PATCH 4/5] drm/amd/ras: Add function to convert retired address
` [PATCH 5/5] drm/amd/ras: Handle check address validity in SR-IOV

[PATCH v11 0/3] Add driver support for ESWIN eic700 SoC clock controller
 2026-02-10  9:51 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 1/3] dt-bindings: clock: eswin: Documentation for eic7700 SoC
` [PATCH v11 2/3] clock: eswin: Add eic7700 clock driver
` [PATCH v11 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for ESWIN EIC7700 "

[PATCH] spi: cadence_qspi: reset OSPI controller
 2026-02-10  9:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] io_uring/rsrc: replace reg buffer bit field with flags
 2026-02-10  9:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

test_memcontrol.c:1654:17: warning: unused variable 'len'
 2026-02-10  9:51 UTC 

[PATCH] net/iavf: fix txq flags setting after Tx path selection
 2026-02-10  9:50 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/4] Move to gated-fixed-clock for Theobroma/Cherry boards
 2026-02-10  9:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: dts: rockchip: Make Jaguar PCIe-refclk pin use pull-up config

[PATCH v2] selftests/futex: conditionally include libnuma support
 2026-02-10  9:50 UTC 

[PATCH] fs: set fsx_valid hint in file_getattr() syscall
 2026-02-10  9:50 UTC 


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