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I did have some nitpicks in the email that > you linked to and the discussion that followed created the impression with > me that you were considering other options. Specifically > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260805002138.GHanKCEmyMcvK8Xg4w@fat_crate.local/ > > is what I misunderstood as this topic still being open. My apologies. > > Babu: > To answer your question on how to move forward I thus think what is needed > is a minimized patch for easier backporting that is marked for stable. Also Sure. The code change is a single line; most of the work is documentation. These changes landed only a couple of releases ago, so I expect a straightforward backport. I can help if anything comes up. > consider > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/d476ea5e-340b-4d65-8207-cc1a0055b4aa@intel.com/ > > when writing the changelog. For me to sign off on this change the changelog has > to be accurate and complete. Sure, will do. Please let me know if I missed anything — we can tighten it up in the next revision. > > Please also follow up with pqos team on the issue you created there to motivate > this patch. Sure. Will do. Thanks Babu