Return-path: Envelope-to: publicinbox@libre-riscv.org Delivery-date: Sat, 16 May 2020 00:49:28 +0100 Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=libre-riscv.org) by libre-soc.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1jZk52-0004XA-I6; Sat, 16 May 2020 00:49:28 +0100 Received: from mail-lj1-f176.google.com ([209.85.208.176]) by libre-soc.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1jZk52-0004X1-0B for libre-riscv-dev@lists.libre-riscv.org; Sat, 16 May 2020 00:49:28 +0100 Received: by mail-lj1-f176.google.com with SMTP id f18so4000974lja.13 for ; Fri, 15 May 2020 16:49:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=VDhrCYJ4iprEDt9UEsJOCb92QrG+zsPl9f/m/5QqhxI=; b=kqHzYV6LQ2HRb2errk/uX6lVfr8CqdcE504dgjFqmfrcQL9TKRBRj2A5ZfSrZesuwO lI0KHU+oEW7iZUjglpKfHoJ+MIYh4Pig5k3uWzntYLDSNs8dMqGAslUaCZC36e1tzsY7 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