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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. | 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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* [[license|Linux kernel backports license]] | * [[license|Linux kernel backports license]] | ||
− | * [[documentation|Backports user documentation]] | + | * [[documentation|Backports user documentation]] |
− | + | ** [[Documentation/packaging|backports package releases]] | |
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* [[Bugs|reporting bugs & security vulnerabilities]] | * [[Bugs|reporting bugs & security vulnerabilities]] | ||
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+ | == Papers == | ||
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+ | * [http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/papers/backport_edcc15.pdf Increasing Automation in the Backporting of Linux Drivers Using Coccinelle] (12 pages) | ||
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+ | == Videos == | ||
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+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXATzae7eng October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - Automatically backporting Linux] (54 minutes) | ||
+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buZrNd6XkEw October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - An Introduction to Coccinelle Bug Finding and Code Evolution for the Linux Kernel] (1 hour 58 minutes) | ||
+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvFXQ6zyHCg October 2013 Linux Plumbers backports session] (43 minutes) | ||
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Revision as of 02:05, 25 June 2017
The Backports Project enables old kernels to run the latest drivers.
"Backporting" is the process of making new software run on something old. A version of something new that's been modified to run on something old is called a "backport".
The Backports Project develops tools to automate the backporting process. These tools form the backports suite.
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.
Documentation
- Linux kernel backports license
- Backports user documentation
- reporting bugs & security vulnerabilities
Papers
Videos
- October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - Automatically backporting Linux (54 minutes)
- October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - An Introduction to Coccinelle Bug Finding and Code Evolution for the Linux Kernel (1 hour 58 minutes)
- October 2013 Linux Plumbers backports session (43 minutes)
Resources
- Releases: (download)
- git repository
- Bugzilla bug tracker (notes)
Community
- Mailing list: (archives) (subscribe) (send)
- IRC: server "irc.freenode.net", channel "#kernel-backports"
- Twitter: @LinuxBackports
- identi.ca: @LinuxBackports
- Meetings
- Contributing
- This text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.