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* [[Documentation/backports/hacking|Contributing to Linux backports]] -- refer to [[Documentation/backports/hacking/todo|TODO list]] | * [[Documentation/backports/hacking|Contributing to Linux backports]] -- refer to [[Documentation/backports/hacking/todo|TODO list]] | ||
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* [http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/papers/backport_edcc15.pdf Increasing Automation in the Backporting of Linux Drivers Using Coccinelle paper] | * [http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/papers/backport_edcc15.pdf Increasing Automation in the Backporting of Linux Drivers Using Coccinelle paper] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXATzae7eng Video of October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - Automatically backporting Linux] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXATzae7eng Video of October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - Automatically backporting Linux] |
Revision as of 17:11, 4 May 2016
About backports
Backports provide drivers released on newer kernels backported for usage on older kernels. Always use the latest stable release! The project started since 2007 and was originally known as compat-wireless, evolved to compat-drivers and was recently renamed simply to backports. Both daily snapshots based on linux-next, and stable releases based Linux's stable releases are provided. As of the v3.10 based release over 830 device drivers are backported.
Current versions of backports support all mainline kernels starting with version 3.0, for kernel versions older than 3.0 please use backports-3.14, which supports all kernel versions back to 2.6.26.
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Documentation
- Linux kernel backports license
- Contributing to Linux backports -- refer to TODO list
- Backports user documentation - you have two options: backports package releases and backports kernel integration
- Increasing Automation in the Backporting of Linux Drivers Using Coccinelle paper
- Video of October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - Automatically backporting Linux
- Video of October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - An Introduction to Coccinelle Bug Finding and Code Evolution for the Linux Kernel
- Video of October 2013 Linux Plumbers backports session
- Backports mailing list
- Get news or updates through social media
- reporting bugs
- backport meetings
IRC
Most important of all, IRC. Join us:
irc.freenode.net #kernel-backports
Do not ask for permission to ask a question in IRC, just ask it with all the information you have and wait for someone answering.
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