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From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH xfrm-next v9 0/8] Extend XFRM core to allow packet
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On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 21:45:47 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > More of a question of whether we can reasonably expect to merge all 
> > the driver code in a single release cycle. If not then piecemeal
> > merging is indeed inevitable. But if Steffen is happy with the core
> > changes whether they are in tree for 6.2 or not should not matter.
> > An upstream user can't access them anyway, it'd only matter to an
> > out-of-tree consumer.
> > 
> > That's just my 2 cents, whatever Steffen prefers matters most.  
> 
> There are no out-of-tree users, just ton of mlx5 refactoring to natively
> support packet offload.

30 patches is just two series, that's mergeable in a week.
You know, if it builds cleanly.. :S  Dunno.