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   1. The MIPS team will provide you with a patch which you need to merge into your CL.
   1. Then land the CL.
 
+If for an important reason the MIPS patch cannot be included in your CL and you need to land your change immediately, then:
+  * Disable the test that fail on MIPS in your CL
+  * File a separate backport bug, reference it in your CL description, and state on the bug which tests need to be re-enabled in the backport CL.
+  * Review the backport CL and ensure tests get re-enabled in the backport CL (which should also reference the backport bug).
+
 # PPC (not officially supported)
   1. Contact/CC the PPC team in the CL if needed. Use the mailing list v8-ppc-ports.at.googlegroups.com for that purpose.