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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:54:48 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
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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 02:50:28PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> 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?

Ok, I'll take the 6.6.y patches, but for 6.1.y, people should _REALLY_
move off of it if they are using these types of systems as there are
loads of other things/fixes that they will get if they move.

thanks,

greg k-h