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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, David Carrillo-Cisneros wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:41 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> 
> > I still have not figured out why all of this is necessary and unfortunately
> > there is no real coherent epxlanation of the overall design. The cover
> > letter is not really helpful either.
> 
> Note taken. I'll work on that.

The first thing which would be helpful is a proper explanation of what you
want to achieve and why, w/o going into design and implementation details.

Thanks,

	tglx