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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:27:18 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] PCI changes for v4.18, part 2
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 03:08:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 2:08 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> >   - squash AER directory into drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c (Bjorn Helgaas)
> 
> Could we please see *reasons* for this series of commits?
> 
> Those commit messages have trivial "what", but no explanations "why".

Sure, I'll update that branch and send a new pull request.