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Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 19:13:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To:     Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
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        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
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Subject: Re: [Backport for linux-5.4.y PATCH 2/4] ARM: OMAP2+: Prepare timer
 code to backport dra7 timer wrap errata i940
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On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 01:46:23PM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Prepare linux-5.4.y to backport upstream timer wrap errata commit
> 3efe7a878a11c13b5297057bfc1e5639ce1241ce and commit
> 25de4ce5ed02994aea8bc111d133308f6fd62566. Earlier kernels still use
> mach-omap2/timer instead of drivers/clocksource as these kernels still
> depend on legacy platform code for timers. Note that earlier stable
> kernels need also additional patches and will be posted separately.

I do not understand this paragraph.

What upstream commit is this?  And "posted separately" shouldn't show up
in a changelog text, right?

Can you fix this up to make this obvious what is happening here and make
a patch series that I can take without editing changelog text?

thanks,

greg k-h