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- Some-comments-by :: Name or mail address of the author of
additional comments (commit log or code).
- Proofread-by :: Sometimes used by translation commits.
- - Signed-off-by :: Name or mail address of the developer
+ - Signed-off-by :: Name or mail address of the developer.
+ - Backported-from-master :: Value is the commit id of the original patch.
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