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| author | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-08 15:24:36 -0400 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-08 15:24:36 -0400 |
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diff --git a/source/code.rst b/source/code.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ceb072 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/code.rst @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +Code +==== + +In order to backport the Linux kernel we must divide and conquer the +tasks at hand. + +This is now deprecated use :doc:`hacking on backports <documentation/backports/hacking>`. + +Backport components +------------------- + +There are currently two components to the backports effort. + +compat +~~~~~~ + +compat is a shared module / headers that implements newer features for usage on older kernels. + +- git://github.com/mcgrof/compat.git>`__ +- :doc:`documentation/compat` + +compat-drivers +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +compat-drivers is the framework that pulls code from the Linux kernel, +adds the compat module and backports features that compat could not +backport within its module / headers. + +- git://github.com/mcgrof/compat-drivers.git`` +- :doc:`documentation/compat-drivers` + +Getting all required code +------------------------- + +To be able to make releases and test building releases however you need +quite a bit more code. The setup is simplified with scripts from the +compat.git tree. To set your system up for the first time you can run:: + + wget https://github.com/mcgrof/compat/raw/master/bin/get-compat-trees + wget https://github.com/mcgrof/compat/raw/master/bin/get-compat-kernels + + chmod 755 get-compat-trees get-compat-kernels + + ./get-compat-trees + ./get-compat-kernels + +Hacking on the project +---------------------- + +You should realize that there are a few components to the project and +that although they are used together each one can be considered +independent of each other. + +- Read the :doc:`hacking on compat documentation <documentation/compat>` +- Read the :doc:`hacking on compat-drivers documentation <documentation/compat-drivers>` + +TODO list +~~~~~~~~~ + +Read the :doc:`hacking TODO <documentation/compat-drivers/hacking>` for +a list of wish items we should be working towards. |