The official sha1 (from linus tree) is: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6916fb3b10b3
$ git describe --contains 6916fb3b10b3 v4.8-rc7~35^2~11^2~2
=> Included in 4.8, thus there is nothing to do for Yakkety.
The official sha1 (from linus tree) is: git.kernel. org/cgit/ linux/kernel/ git/torvalds/ linux.git/ commit/ ?id=6916fb3b10b 3
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$ git describe --contains 6916fb3b10b3 35^2~11^ 2~2
v4.8-rc7~
=> Included in 4.8, thus there is nothing to do for Yakkety.