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On 3/22/24 1:32 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
> It's the middle of the merge window, not much we can actually do and
> this patch series itself couldn't be applied as-is, so it's hard to see
> what could have happened on my end...
> 

The proposal was sent a week before the end of the last development
cycle, and I believe the intent was to motivate discussion around a
concrete proposal to converge on an acceptable solution before sending
patches.

On your end, what would be helpful is either a simple yes this seems
reasonable or no you don't like it for reasons X, Y, and Z.