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Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 07:23:11 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 02:19:35PM -0500, Brandon Taylor wrote:
> Have we learned NOTHING from just over 9 and a half years ago?!
> 
> I do not pretend to be a prophet of Linus, but I cannot for the life of me
> help but get flashbacks from kernel version 4.8 when Linus himself did not
> explain, but EXPLODED, in saying "there is NO F*CKING EXCUSE to knowingly
> kill the kernel."

That's not what this patchset does, sorry.

best of luck!

greg k-h