Re: [PATCH 6.6 0/3] arm64: Speed up boot with faster linear map creation

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 01:34:05PM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> This series is a backport that applies to stable kernel 6.6 (base v6.6.126), for
> some speed ups to enable significantly faster booting on systems with a lot of
> memory. The patches were originally posted at:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240412131908.433043-1-ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx/
> 
> ... and were originally merged upstream in v6.10-rc1.
> 
> I'm requesting this be merged to stable on behalf of a partner who wants to get
> the benefit of this series in Debian 12.

Why can't they just use a newer kernel version (i.e. 6.12)?  Surely they
would be able to justify moving to a newer kernel for performance
reasons, why enable them to stay on an older one, just delaying the
inevitable upgrade they will have to do anyway in a year or so?

thanks,

greg k-h