Re: [PATCH 6.1 0/3] arm64: Speed up boot with faster linear map creation

From: Greg KH

Date: Tue Feb 17 2026 - 08:50:45 EST


On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 01:35:21PM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This series is a backport that applies to stable kernel 6.1 (base v6.1.163), 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.

Same here, why not just use 6.12.y?

thanks,

greg k-h