From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: "Bird, Timothy" To: James Bottomley , Mark Brown , "Levin, Alexander" Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 17:06:34 +0000 Message-ID: References: <57C78BE9.30009@linaro.org> <20160902012531.GB28461@sasha-lappy> <20160902095417.GJ3950@sirena.org.uk> <1472827326.2519.14.camel@HansenPartnership.com> In-Reply-To: <1472827326.2519.14.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "ltsi-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [Stable kernel] feature backporting collaboration List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , PiAtLS0tLU9yaWdpbmFsIE1lc3NhZ2UtLS0tLQ0KPiAgSmFtZXMgQm90dG9tbGV5IHdyb3RlOg0K PiBPbiBGcmksIDIwMTYtMDktMDIgYXQgMTA6NTQgKzAxMDAsIE1hcmsgQnJvd24gd3JvdGU6DQo+ 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