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On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:41:10PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > I feel like I am missing something here.
> > 
> > That is a weird response, you feel like something is missing
> 
> There is. The patch.
> 
> Maintainers have a slightly better memory than a goldfish, but given
> the high volume of patches, we don't remember threads from 2016. Also,
> all our infrastructure has limited memory, this patch is not in lore,
> and it is not in patchworks. So in terms of getting merged, it does
> not exist.
> 
> We do however recommend that if a patch has not been merged within 2
> weeks, it is rebased, any Acked-by: etc tags are added and the patch
> reposted.

Thanks Andrew, that is also my position.

A ping for a multi-year old patch is unusual (for me).
I was wondering if there was a back story. I guess not.