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[PATCH v11 00/22] Add new general DRM property "color format"
 2026-03-24 17:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for Add new general DRM property "color format" (rev8)

[meta-arago][master][PATCH 1/4] ti-test: Move libsdl2-tests inclusion behind guard
 2026-03-24 18:20 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [meta-arago][master][PATCH 3/4] mesa-demos: Flip to a bbappend

[PATCH v2 0/9] x86: Always use eager-fpu
 2026-03-24 18:19 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/9] x86/domain: Ensure a vCPU's FPU is reset early
` [PATCH v2 2/9] x86: Always use eager-fpu
` [PATCH v2 3/9] x86/vmx: Remove lazy FPU support
` [PATCH v2 4/9] x86/svm: "
` [PATCH v2 5/9] x86/traps: "
` [PATCH v2 6/9] x86: Remove fully_eager_fpu

[PATCH 0/2] crypto: qat - fix and cleanup RAS sysfs show functions
 2026-03-24 18:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] crypto: qat - fix type mismatch in "
` [PATCH 2/2] crypto: qat - replace scnprintf() with sysfs_emit()

[PATCH] cpufreq: CPPC: add autonomous mode boot parameter support
 2026-03-24 18:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RESEND RFC PATCH v3 0/6] drm/amd: Add support for non-4K page size systems
 2026-03-24 18:19 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RESEND RFC PATCH v3 1/6] drm/amdgpu: Change AMDGPU_VA_RESERVED_TRAP_SIZE to 2 PAGE_SIZE pages

[PATCH v8 00/10] VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant
 2026-03-24 18:19 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/10] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop()
` [PATCH v8 02/10] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs
` [PATCH v8 03/10] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence()
` [PATCH v8 04/10] x86/vmscape: Rename x86_ibpb_exit_to_user to x86_predictor_flush_exit_to_user
` [PATCH v8 05/10] x86/vmscape: Move mitigation selection to a switch()
` [PATCH v8 06/10] x86/vmscape: Use write_ibpb() instead of indirect_branch_prediction_barrier()
` [PATCH v8 07/10] x86/vmscape: Use static_call() for predictor flush
` [PATCH v8 08/10] x86/vmscape: Deploy BHB clearing mitigation
` [PATCH v8 09/10] x86/vmscape: Resolve conflict between attack-vectors and vmscape=force
` [PATCH v8 10/10] x86/vmscape: Add cmdline vmscape=on to override attack vector controls

[meta-ti][master][PATCH] weston: Update to 15.0.0
 2026-03-24 18:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v7 00/41] KVM: arm64: Introduce vGIC-v5 with PPI support
 2026-03-24 18:16 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 12/41] KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Sanitize ID_AA64PFR2_EL1.GCIE

[PATCH v2 bpf-next 0/6] Fix invariant violations and improve branch detection
 2026-03-24 18:16 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/6] bpf: Refactor reg_bounds_sanity_check
` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 3/6] bpf: Exit early if reg_bounds_sync gets invalid inputs

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v2] ice: update ice_link_mode_str_high() with 200G
 2026-03-24 18:16 UTC  (5+ messages)
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[PATCH v3 00/12] drm/tyr: Use register! macro
 2026-03-24 18:15 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/12] drm/tyr: Use register! macro for GPU_CONTROL

[PATCH net,v2] net: mana: Fix RX skb truesize accounting
 2026-03-24 18:14 UTC 

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v3 00/13] net: sleepable ndo_set_rx_mode
 2026-03-24 18:13 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v3 01/13] net: add address list snapshot and reconciliation infrastructure
      `  "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v3 03/13] net: introduce ndo_set_rx_mode_async and dev_rx_mode_work
      `  "

[PATCH] t4014: fix call to `test_expect_success ()`
 2026-03-24 18:13 UTC  (8+ messages)
        ` Re* "
          ` [PATCH] t6002: make test "set -e" clean
          ` [PATCH] test-lib: catch misspelt 'test_expect_successo'

[PATCH v1 0/5] io_uring: extend bvec registration and add mem region lookup
 2026-03-24 18:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/5] io_uring/rsrc: split io_buffer_register_request() logic

b4 v0.15.0 released
 2026-03-24 18:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] bpf: skb_adjust_room helper refactor and tunnel decap flags
 2026-03-24 18:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] bpf: name the enum for BPF_FUNC_skb_adjust_room flags
` [PATCH v2 3/5] bpf: add helper masks for ADJ_ROOM flags and encap validation

[RFC v2 0/5] tpm_crb: Add command and response buffer chunking support
 2026-03-24 18:12 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC v2 1/5] tpm_crb: Add register definitions of TPM CRB chunking fields
` [RFC v2 2/5] tpm_crb: Add new wrapper function to invoke start method
` [RFC v2 3/5] tpm_crb: Implement command and response chunking logic
` [RFC v2 4/5] tpm: Increase TPM_BUFSIZE to 8kB for chunking support
` [RFC v2 5/5] tpm: tis_i2c: Use local 4KB buffer to limit memory usage

[PATCH] crypto: deflate - fix decompression window size
 2026-03-24 18:08 UTC 

[PATCH] staging: atomisp: pci: remove leading whitespace at the start of the line
 2026-03-24 18:08 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] staging: atomisp: pci: fix block comment style and merge split declaration

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: dsa: microchip: Small cleanups for ksz9477 SGMII
 2026-03-24 18:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: dsa: microchip: Drop unnecessary check in ksz9477 PCS setup
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: microchip: drop an outdated comment about SGMII support

[PATCH v2 0/2] NFC support for two Qualcomm SDM845 phones
 2026-03-24 18:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm845-shift-axolotl: Enable NFC

[PATCH] crypto: acomp - fix wrong pointer in acomp_reqchain_done()
 2026-03-24 18:07 UTC 

[PATCH 0/9] dm vdo: add in-kernel vdoformat support
 2026-03-24 18:06 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/9] dm vdo: add geometry block initialization to encodings.c
` [PATCH 2/9] dm vdo: add super "
` [PATCH 3/9] dm vdo: add formatting parameters to table line
` [PATCH 4/9] dm vdo: add upfront validation for logical size
` [PATCH 5/9] dm vdo: add geometry block encoding
` [PATCH 6/9] dm vdo: add geometry block structure
` [PATCH 7/9] dm vdo: add synchronous metadata I/O submission helper
` [PATCH 8/9] dm vdo: add formatting logic and initialization
` [PATCH 9/9] dm vdo: save the formatted metadata to disk

[PATCH] drm: rz-du: Ensure correct suspend/resume ordering with VSP
 2026-03-24 18:05 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v3 1/2] r8152: add helper functions for PLA/USB OCP registers
 2026-03-24 18:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v1] x86/split_lock: Provide KVM helper to log guest bus lock exits
 2026-03-24 18:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/9] mm/huge_memory: refactor zap_huge_pmd()
 2026-03-24 18:05 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/5] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: More support for TUXEDO devices
 2026-03-24 18:02 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/5] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Rework hwmon feature defines
` [PATCH v7 2/5] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Implement USB-C power priority setting
` [PATCH v7 3/5] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Fix XMG Fusion 15 (L19) entries
` [PATCH v7 4/5] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Apply features across all TUXEDO devices
` [PATCH v7 5/5] Documentation: laptops: Update documentation for uniwill laptops

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ice: add missing reset of the mac header
 2026-03-24 18:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 00/13] ASoC: qcom: q6dsp: few fixes and enhancements
 2026-03-24 18:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 01/13] ASoC: qcom: q6apm: move component registration to unmanaged version

[PATCH] ovl: make fsync after metadata copy-up opt-in mount option
 2026-03-24 18:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/2] iio: proximity: add driver for ST VL53L1X ToF sensor
 2026-03-24 18:04 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/2] "

[PATCH 0/3] liveupdate: fix incoming error handling and teardown paths
 2026-03-24 18:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] liveupdate: propagate file deserialization failures
` [PATCH 2/3] liveupdate: keep sessions retrievable after release failures
` [PATCH 3/3] liveupdate: initialize incoming FLB state before finish

[PATCH 00/19] libfuse: Add support for synchronous init
 2026-03-24 18:03 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 04/19] Add a new daemonize API
` [PATCH 07/19] Add FUSE_MOUNT_FALLBACK_NEEDED define for -2 mount errors

[PATCH v1] qga: rework slog to support multiple severity levels
 2026-03-24 18:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] qga: replace slog() with standard GLib logging

[PATCH] KVM: selftests: Guard execinfo.h inclusion for non-glibc builds
 2026-03-24 18:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t 0/7] tests: lots of s/crtc->pipe/crtc->crtc_index/
 2026-03-24 18:02 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] crypto/cnxk: add SNOW5G and ZUC256 support
 2026-03-24 18:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] crypto/cnxk: add ZUC256 v2 support for cn20k
` [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto/cnxk: add SNOW5G and ZUC256 support

[PATCH v3] tracing: Move snapshot code out of trace.c and into trace_snapshot.c
 2026-03-24 18:01 UTC 

[GIT PULL] perf tools fixes for v7.0: 2nd batch
 2026-03-24 18:00 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample: Document yocto project sstate mirrors
 2026-03-24 18:00 UTC 

[PATCH] crypto: qat - fix compression instance leak
 2026-03-24 17:59 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/24] vfio/pci: Base Live Update support for VFIO device files
 2026-03-24 18:00 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 03/24] PCI: Require Live Update preserved devices are in singleton iommu_groups

[PATCH v5 00/15] s390x: Add support for virtio-blk-pci IPL device
 2026-03-24 17:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] qcom: EFI PSCI runtime reset handling and config update
 2026-03-24 17:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] efi_loader: make EFI_HAVE_RUNTIME_RESET a user-selectable option
` [PATCH v4 2/2] qcom_defconfig: Disable EFI_HAVE_RUNTIME_RESET in qcom_defconfig

[PATCH i-g-t 0/8] Enable Vebox engine copy on Intel Xe driver
 2026-03-24 17:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for Enable Vebox engine copy on Intel Xe driver (rev11)

[PATCH 0/8] Support compute queue/pipe reset on gfx 12.1
 2026-03-24 17:56 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/10] drm/amdgpu: Fix gfx_hqd_mask in mes 12.1
` [PATCH v2 02/10] drm/amdgpu: Fixup boost mes detect hang array size
` [PATCH v2 03/10] drm/amdgpu: Fixup detect and reset
` [PATCH v2 04/10] drm/amdgpu: Create hqd info structure
` [PATCH v2 05/10] drm/amdgpu: Update mes 12.1's suspend/resume
` [PATCH v2 06/10] drm/amdgpu: Missing multi-XCC support in MES
` [PATCH v2 07/10] drm/amdgpu: Enable suspend/resume gang in mes 12.1
` [PATCH v2 08/10] drm/amdkfd: Add detect+reset hangs to GC 12.1
` [PATCH v2 09/10] drm/amdkfd: Reset queue/pipe in MES
` [PATCH v2 10/10] drm/amdkfd: Queue reset support in KFD topology

[PATCH v2 0/1] dt-bindings: connector: Add role‑switch provider phandle
 2026-03-24 17:57 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/1] "

[PATCH net-next v3 0/2] dma-buf: heaps: system: add an option to allocate explicitly decrypted memory
 2026-03-24 17:57 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] qede: validate TPA aggregation indices from CQEs
 2026-03-24 17:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

linux-next: build failure after merge of the bitmap tree
 2026-03-24 17:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/5] veth: add Byte Queue Limits (BQL) support
 2026-03-24 17:56 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH "
` [PATCH net-next 1/5] net: add dev->bql flag to allow BQL sysfs for IFF_NO_QUEUE devices
` [PATCH net-next 2/5] veth: implement Byte Queue Limits (BQL) for latency reduction
` [PATCH net-next 3/5] veth: add tx_timeout watchdog as BQL safety net
` [PATCH net-next 4/5] net: sched: add timeout count to NETDEV WATCHDOG message
` [PATCH net-next 5/5] selftests: net: add veth BQL stress test

[PATCH 0/1] spi: fsl_espi: fix din offset
 2026-03-24 17:02 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "

[PATCH 00/10] PCI: Improve head free space usage
 2026-03-24 17:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 05/10] am68k/PCI: Remove unnecessary second application of align

[PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix missing run load for vcn0 in attr_data_get_block_locked()
 2026-03-24 17:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ntfs3: work around false-postive -Wmaybe-uninitialized warnings
 2026-03-24 17:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2 0/3] riscv: support EIC770X/JH7110 noncoherent devices with XPbmtUC
 2026-03-24 17:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v4 00/13] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip
 2026-03-24 17:49 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v4 13/13] net/mlx5: Add a "

[PATCH v4 0/8] i2c: rtl9300: support for RTL9607C I2C controller
 2026-03-24 17:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/8] dt-bindings: i2c: realtek,rtl9301-i2c: extend for clocks and RTL9607C support

[PATCH] ACPI: EC: clean up handlers on probe failure in acpi_ec_setup()
 2026-03-24 17:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[moderation/CI] Re: net: hsr: subsystem cleanups and modernization
 2026-03-24 17:47 UTC 

[PATCH v13 0/5] PolarFire SoC GPIO interrupt support
 2026-03-24 17:45 UTC  (4+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH v15 bpf-next 0/9] Add BTF layout to BTF
 2026-03-24 17:44 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 1/9] btf: Add BTF kind layout encoding to UAPI
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 2/9] libbpf: Support layout section handling in BTF
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 3/9] libbpf: Use layout to compute an unknown kind size
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 4/9] libbpf: Add layout encoding support
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 5/9] libbpf: BTF validation can use layout for unknown kinds
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 6/9] libbpf: Support sanitization of BTF layout for older kernels
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 7/9] btf: support kernel parsing of BTF with layout info
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 8/9] selftests/bpf: Test kind encoding/decoding
` [PATCH v15 bpf-next 9/9] kbuild, bpf: Specify "layout" optional feature

[RFC v1 00/11] Add iMX95 neoisp driver
 2026-03-24 17:44 UTC  (11+ messages)
  ` [EXT] "
          `  "

[PATCH 0/4] drm/i915/display: don't access display PCH registers in non-display code
 2026-03-24 17:44 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for drm/i915/display: don't access display PCH registers in non-display code (rev2)

[PATCH v2] futex: Use-after-free between futex_key_to_node_opt and vma_replace_policy
 2026-03-24 17:44 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] hwmon: (pmbus) Fix bugs in MPS MP2869, MP29502, MP2925, and MP9945 drivers
 2026-03-24 17:44 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3] drm/xe: always keep track of remap prev/next
 2026-03-24 17:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

/bin/bash: line 1: 3528268 Segmentation fault clang -Wp,-MMD,drivers/iio/humidity/.hdc3020.o.d -nostdinc -Iarch/mips/include -I./arch/mips/include/generated -Iinclude -I./include -Iarch/mips/include/uapi -I./arch/mips/include/generated/uapi -Iinclude
 2026-03-24 17:43 UTC 

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: stmmac: remove unused and unimplemented AXI properties
 2026-03-24 17:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] dt-bindings: remove unimplemented AXI snps,kbbe snps,mb and snps,rb

[PATCH v3 0/9] KVM: s390: More memory management fixes
 2026-03-24 17:43 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/9] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix dat_split_ste()
` [PATCH v3 2/9] KVM: s390: Remove non-atomic dat_crstep_xchg()
` [PATCH v3 3/9] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix check for pre-existing shadow mapping
` [PATCH v3 4/9] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix nested guest memory shadowing
` [PATCH v3 5/9] KVM: s390: Fix gmap_link()
` [PATCH v3 6/9] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix refcount overflow for shadow gmaps
` [PATCH v3 7/9] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix unshadowing while shadowing
` [PATCH v3 8/9] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix guest page tables protection
` [PATCH v3 9/9] KVM: s390: Fix KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT ioctl

[PATCH V2 00/11] iommufd: Enable noiommu mode for cdev
 2026-03-24 17:42 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 01/11] iommufd: Support a HWPT without an iommu driver for noiommu

[PATCH v13] can: virtio: Add virtio CAN driver
 2026-03-24 17:42 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix constant on left side of test checkpatch warnings
 2026-03-24 17:41 UTC  (8+ messages)

[bluetooth-next:master] BUILD SUCCESS acf374fce194d131a220bdeea0fdbfb9d275dc77
 2026-03-24 17:40 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] drm/i915: move more display dependencies from i915
 2026-03-24 17:40 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] drm/i915: move SKL clock gating init to display

fuse: buffered reads limited to 256KB regardless of negotiated max_pages
 2026-03-24 17:40 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/7] Introduce Synology Microp driver
 2026-03-24 17:39 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/7] acpi: add acpi_of_match_device_ids

[PATCH v5 0/5] KVM: selftests: arm64: Improve diagnostics from set_id_regs
 2026-03-24 17:39 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 4/5] KVM: selftests: arm64: Skip all 32 bit IDs when set_id_regs is aarch64 only

[PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Add DT overlays for DH i.MX8M Plus DHCOM SoM and boards
 2026-03-24 17:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] media: uvcvideo: Fix deadlock if uvc_status_stop is called from async_ctrl.work
 2026-03-24 17:38 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Place check before dereference
 2026-03-24 17:38 UTC 

[PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mp-debix-model-a: Correct PAD settings for pmicirqgrp
 2026-03-24 17:38 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v24 00/11] Type2 device basic support
 2026-03-24 17:38 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v24 06/11] cxl/hdm: Add support for getting region from committed decoder
` [PATCH v24 09/11] sfc: obtain decoder and region if committed by firmware

[PATCH 00/60] ui: add standalone VNC server over D-Bus
 2026-03-24 17:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] rcu: Use an intermediate irq_work to start process_srcu()
 2026-03-24 17:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] HID: ft260: validate report size in raw_event handler
 2026-03-24 17:35 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] kallsyms: show typed function parameters in oops/WARN dumps
 2026-03-24 17:34 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] kallsyms: show function parameter info "

[PATCH 0/2] eventdev: fix eth dev ID truncation in telemetry
 2026-03-24 17:34 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] mailmap: add Sergei Iashin

[PATCH] clk: mediatek: mt7623: fix pericfg priv_auto size
 2026-03-24 17:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[patch 00/48] hrtimer,sched: General optimizations and hrtick enablement
 2026-03-24 17:34 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [patch 19/48] clockevents: Provide support for clocksource coupled comparators

[meta-oe][kirkstone][PATCH V1] rocksdb: Add an option to set static library
 2026-03-24 17:33 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [oe] "

[PATCH v2 0/2] Avoid hardcoded "good"/"bad" bisect terms
 2026-03-24 17:33 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] bisect: use selected alternate terms in status output

Cleaning up contrib/ and tools/
 2026-03-24 17:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3] f2fs: fix to freeze GC and discard threads quickly
 2026-03-24 17:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix false alarm of lockdep on cp_global_sem lock
 2026-03-24 17:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v5 1/4] f2fs: refactor f2fs_move_node_folio function
 2026-03-24 17:32 UTC  (2+ messages)


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