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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:50:28 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
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	Sharath George John <sgeorgejohn@microsoft.com>,
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	Jim Perrin <Jim.Perrin@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 0/3]  arm64: Speed up boot with faster linear map
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 01:35:21PM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> This series is a backport that applies to stable kernel 6.1 (base v6.1.163), for
> some speed ups to enable significantly faster booting on systems with a lot of
> memory. The patches were originally posted at:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240412131908.433043-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com/
> 
> ... and were originally merged upstream in v6.10-rc1.
> 
> I'm requesting this be merged to stable on behalf of a partner who wants to get
> the benefit of this series in Debian 12.

Same here, why not just use 6.12.y?

thanks,

greg k-h