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| author | Mcgrof <anonymous.contributor@example.org> | 2013-07-25 21:02:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-04 15:47:32 -0400 |
| commit | 16638b450f5badc8a62acfe5288132df7d25c048 (patch) | |
| tree | d989faf93cb9729bc7b7f4581380f2ea6592dd9f | |
| parent | e0b8e4e0a6045c25178c0d6a8ec668c211262cf1 (diff) | |
| download | backports-16638b450f5badc8a62acfe5288132df7d25c048.tar.gz | |
Update Documentation/backports/hacking
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diff --git a/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki b/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki index a81a8d0..73d7444 100644 --- a/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki +++ b/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki @@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ See commit [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/backports.git/co This likely will require a separate script other than gentree.py, perhaps mergetree.py. +== Motivation == + +If possible this solution should provide an alternative for users / Linux distributions to cherry pick changes from a future kernel down to older kernels by providing full frameworks / subsystems. One clear benefit is the time reduced to provide a backport and complete and clear separation against what is on a vanilla upstream stable kernel. + === Who's working on this? === Luis will try to dive to look into this August 19th - Sept 13th. With a simple proof of concept feature / driver. |