diff --git a/scripts/check-kernel-commit b/scripts/check-kernel-commit
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+usage()
+{
+    echo "Check whether a given list of commit is available in"
+    echo "a given list of branches."
+    echo
+    echo "Usage: ${0##*/} branches commit_hash..."
+    echo
+    echo "Parametes:"
+    echo "	branches: file with the list of branches to be checked"
+    echo "	commit_hash: hash of the commint to be found"
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+branches=$1
+shift;
+KBC_CHECK_HASHES="$*"
+
+if [ ! -f "$branches" ] ; then
+    "Error: Can't find the file with the list of branches: $branches"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+check_branch()
+{
+    verbose=0
+    if [ $1 == "-v" ] ; then
+        verbose=1
+        shift
+    fi
+
+    branch="$1"
+    found=""
+    missing=""
+
+    for hash in $KBC_CHECK_HASHES ; do
+        git grep "$hash" "remotes/origin/$branch" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+            found="$found $hash"
+        else
+            missing="$missing $hash"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # found
+    if [ -z "$missing" ] ; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # missing
+    if [ -z "$found" ] ; then
+        return 2
+    fi
+
+    # partly
+    if [ $verbose -ne 0 ] ; then
+        echo "        missing hash:"
+        for hash in $missing ; do
+            echo "                $hash"
+        done
+        echo
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+check_parents()
+{
+    last_branch=""
+    for branch in "$@" ; do
+        check_branch $branch
+        case $? in
+            0)
+                echo "    (found in $branch)"
+                return
+                ;;
+            1)
+                echo "    (partly in $branch)"
+                return
+                ;;
+            *)
+                ;;
+        esac
+        last_branch="$branch"
+    done
+
+    # not found anywhere
+    echo "    (not even in $last_branch)"
+}
+
+print_branch()
+{
+    branch="$1"
+    echo -n "$branch"
+
+    len=`echo $branch| wc -c`
+    spaces=$((24 - $len))
+    while [ $spaces -gt 0 ] ; do
+        echo -n " "
+        spaces=$(($spaces - 1))
+    done
+}
+
+while read line ; do
+    line=${line%%\#*}
+    branch=${line%% *}
+    parents=${line#$branch}
+    # always check also the _EMBARGO branch as a possible parent
+    parents="${branch}_EMBARGO $parents"
+
+    # empty line or comment
+    if [ -z "$branch" ] ; then
+       continue
+    fi
+
+    print_branch "$branch"
+    check_branch "$branch"
+
+    case $? in
+        0)
+            echo "<ok>"
+            ;;
+        1)
+            echo -n "<partly> "
+            check_parents $parents
+            # print missing commits
+            check_branch -v "$branch"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo -n "<missing>"
+            check_parents "${branch}_EMBARGO" $parents 
+    esac
+done < "$branches"