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| author | Mcgrof <anonymous.contributor@example.org> | 2013-07-25 21:13:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-04 15:47:32 -0400 |
| commit | 7ed2652fde08d7172ade32df0011a940990eb576 (patch) | |
| tree | a635dd64f947e135e586b2dfa7aa296aa9f65fe4 | |
| parent | b366932bf2b084974187b4b1b61d02f83a5d057a (diff) | |
| download | backports-7ed2652fde08d7172ade32df0011a940990eb576.tar.gz | |
Update Documentation/backports/hacking/todo
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diff --git a/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking_todo.mediawiki b/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking_todo.mediawiki index f619f61..9d0401f 100644 --- a/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking_todo.mediawiki +++ b/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking_todo.mediawiki @@ -62,15 +62,6 @@ If Linux kernel development dealt with collateral evolutions with a strict SmPL Luis hopes to further collaborate with Julia on this between October 16 - December 15. -= DKMS support = - -Someone seems to want add support for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support DKMS]. Who was that? What benefits does this bring? - -== Who's working on this ? == - -No one - - = Module namespaces = Module namespace can consist of either adding prefixes to existing symbols or modifying the Linux kernel module data structure so that upon request for a symbol it's own namespace can be inspected for its requested namespace. The Linux kernel backports project embraces prefixing backported versions of symbols by prefixing backported versions of symbols with ''backports_''. A macro LINUX_BACKPORT() was added to help with this. For example: @@ -91,4 +82,13 @@ Another more reasonable motivation is to avoid regressions with features / symbo No one. += DKMS support = + +Someone seems to want add support for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support DKMS]. Who was that? What benefits does this bring? +Isn't DKMS for proprietary modules? If so we don't want this support. We don't want proprietary drivers using the Linux kernel backports framework. + +== Who's working on this ? == + +No one + [[File:88x31.png]] - This text is licensed under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License].
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