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| author | Chris Feyerchak <anonymous.contributor@example.org> | 2017-06-22 14:29:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-04 15:47:33 -0400 |
| commit | 2d85d3879be4c81827013f5ca728333ef57ce77b (patch) | |
| tree | f2db3ac0963adb828b73e70baf426dba3aa028e1 | |
| parent | 4d6f8987427c45c3947e52433fd9e8ef9e805a2b (diff) | |
| download | backports-2d85d3879be4c81827013f5ca728333ef57ce77b.tar.gz | |
Add concise descriptions of Backports Project, backporting, a backport, and the backports suite
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diff --git a/wiki/Main_Page.mediawiki b/wiki/Main_Page.mediawiki index 0f8b232..d9c7115 100644 --- a/wiki/Main_Page.mediawiki +++ b/wiki/Main_Page.mediawiki @@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ title: Main Page --- __NOTOC__ + +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 may be 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 [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git linux-next], and stable releases based [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git Linux's stable releases] are provided. As of the v3.10 based release over 830 device drivers are backported. |