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| author | Chris Feyerchak <anonymous.contributor@example.org> | 2017-07-03 19:45:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-04 15:47:34 -0400 |
| commit | 4607c88ac149f9a53a4221f9df1891191467c10d (patch) | |
| tree | cba0fcf2071a363e3f22504165e37f249d817e70 | |
| parent | a96f03279f9c49a06fe523e63ef25a19abdb1865 (diff) | |
| download | backports-4607c88ac149f9a53a4221f9df1891191467c10d.tar.gz | |
Summarize features of integration mode and package mode
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki b/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki index c2ba625..854fc86 100644 --- a/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki +++ b/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki @@ -12,10 +12,16 @@ Linux kernel releases can become deprecated. You are encouraged to use supported = Workflows = -Backports provides users with a choice of workflows: - -# '''[[Documentation/packaging|package releases mode]]''' - backports produces a tarball (loosely akin to a patch) containing the subsystems/drivers of a future kernel -# '''[[Documentation/integration|kernel integration mode]]''' - backports directly '''integrates''' the subsystems/drivers of a future kernel into an older kernel tree +Backports provides users with a choice of two workflows: + +# '''[[Documentation/integration|kernel integration mode]]''' +#* future kernel source tree and older kernel source tree must be present on the same machine at the same time +#* backports suite '''integrates''' the subsystems/drivers of the future kernel directly into the older kernel +# '''[[Documentation/packaging|package releases mode]]''' +#* future kernel source tree and older kernel source tree do not need to be present on the same machine at the same time +#* on machine hosting future kernel source tree, backport package is generated +#* on machine hosting older kernel, backport package is applied +#* backport package is loosely akin to a patch file = Backported Subsystems = |