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+Please do not submit a Pull Request via GitHub. Buildroot makes use of a
+[mailing list](http://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot) for patch submission and review.
+See [submitting your own patches](http://buildroot.org/manual.html#submitting-patches) for more info.
+
+Thanks for your help!
+