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Smith" Autocrypt: addr=dpsmith@apertussolutions.com; keydata= xsJuBFYrueARCACPWL3r2bCSI6TrkIE/aRzj4ksFYPzLkJbWLZGBRlv7HQLvs6i/K4y/b4fs JDq5eL4e9BdfdnZm/b+K+Gweyc0Px2poDWwKVTFFRgxKWq9R7McwNnvuZ4nyXJBVn7PTEn/Z G7D08iZg94ZsnUdeXfgYdJrqmdiWA6iX9u84ARHUtb0K4r5WpLUMcQ8PVmnv1vVrs/3Wy/Rb foxebZNWxgUiSx+d02e3Ad0aEIur1SYXXv71mqKwyi/40CBSHq2jk9eF6zmEhaoFi5+MMMgX X0i+fcBkvmT0N88W4yCtHhHQds+RDbTPLGm8NBVJb7R5zbJmuQX7ADBVuNYIU8hx3dF3AQCm 601w0oZJ0jGOV1vXQgHqZYJGHg5wuImhzhZJCRESIwf+PJxik7TJOgBicko1hUVOxJBZxoe0 x+/SO6tn+s8wKlR1Yxy8gYN9ZRqV2I83JsWZbBXMG1kLzV0SAfk/wq0PAppA1VzrQ3JqXg7T MZ3tFgxvxkYqUP11tO2vrgys+InkZAfjBVMjqXWHokyQPpihUaW0a8mr40w9Qui6DoJj7+Gg DtDWDZ7Zcn2hoyrypuht88rUuh1JuGYD434Q6qwQjUDlY+4lgrUxKdMD8R7JJWt38MNlTWvy rMVscvZUNc7gxcmnFUn41NPSKqzp4DDRbmf37Iz/fL7i01y7IGFTXaYaF3nEACyIUTr/xxi+ MD1FVtEtJncZNkRn7WBcVFGKMAf+NEeaeQdGYQ6mGgk++i/vJZxkrC/a9ZXme7BhWRP485U5 sXpFoGjdpMn4VlC7TFk2qsnJi3yF0pXCKVRy1ukEls8o+4PF2JiKrtkCrWCimB6jxGPIG3lk 3SuKVS/din3RHz+7Sr1lXWFcGYDENmPd/jTwr1A1FiHrSj+u21hnJEHi8eTa9029F1KRfocp ig+k0zUEKmFPDabpanI323O5Tahsy7hwf2WOQwTDLvQ+eqQu40wbb6NocmCNFjtRhNZWGKJS b5GrGDGu/No5U6w73adighEuNcCSNBsLyUe48CE0uTO7eAL6Vd+2k28ezi6XY4Y0mgASJslb NwW54LzSSM0uRGFuaWVsIFAuIFNtaXRoIDxkcHNtaXRoQGFwZXJ0dXNzb2x1dGlvbnMuY29t PsJ6BBMRCAAiBQJWK7ngAhsjBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRBTc6WbYpR8 KrQ9AP94+xjtFfJ8gj5c7PVx06Zv9rcmFUqQspZ5wSEkvxOuQQEAg6qEsPYegI7iByLVzNEg 7B7fUG7pqWIfMqFwFghYhQzOwU0EViu54BAIAL6MXXNlrJ5tRUf+KMBtVz1LJQZRt/uxWrCb T06nZjnbp2UcceuYNbISOVHGXTzu38r55YzpkEA8eURQf+5hjtvlrOiHxvpD+Z6WcpV6rrMB kcAKWiZTQihW2HoGgVB3gwG9dCh+n0X5OzliAMiGK2a5iqnIZi3o0SeW6aME94bSkTkuj6/7 OmH9KAzK8UnlhfkoMg3tXW8L6/5CGn2VyrjbB/rcrbIR4mCQ+yCUlocuOjFCJhBd10AG1IcX OXUa/ux+/OAV9S5mkr5Fh3kQxYCTcTRt8RY7+of9RGBk10txi94dXiU2SjPbassvagvu/hEi twNHms8rpkSJIeeq0/cAAwUH/jV3tXpaYubwcL2tkk5ggL9Do+/Yo2WPzXmbp8vDiJPCvSJW rz2NrYkd/RoX+42DGqjfu8Y04F9XehN1zZAFmCDUqBMa4tEJ7kOT1FKJTqzNVcgeKNBGcT7q 27+wsqbAerM4A0X/F/ctjYcKwNtXck1Bmd/T8kiw2IgyeOC+cjyTOSwKJr2gCwZXGi5g+2V8 NhJ8n72ISPnOh5KCMoAJXmCF+SYaJ6hIIFARmnuessCIGw4ylCRIU/TiXK94soilx5aCqb1z ke943EIUts9CmFAHt8cNPYOPRd20pPu4VFNBuT4fv9Ys0iv0XGCEP+sos7/pgJ3gV3pCOric p15jV4PCYQQYEQgACQUCViu54AIbDAAKCRBTc6WbYpR8Khu7AP9NJrBUn94C/3PeNbtQlEGZ NV46Mx5HF0P27lH3sFpNrwD/dVdZ5PCnHQYBZ287ZxVfVr4Zuxjo5yJbRjT93Hl0vMY= In-Reply-To: <0cff620d-9be4-487d-8eb1-19375ca58a70@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ZohoMailClient: External On 12/16/25 17:14, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 12/15/25 15:32, Ross Philipson wrote: >> Patch set based on commit: >> torvalds/master/fd57572253bc356330dbe5b233c2e1d8426c66fd > > That's an interesting place to pick. What was the reasoning behind it? It was simply that it was the tip of torvalds/master at the time the patch series was prepared. As far as we could find, there is not a lot of guidance on commit selection in the patch guide. If there is a generally accepted convention we should follow, we would be glad to follow it. v/r, dps