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| author | Mcgrof <anonymous.contributor@example.org> | 2013-07-16 09:51:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-04 15:47:32 -0400 |
| commit | bb39230ef3adb079beefb0f97de86508967b93cc (patch) | |
| tree | c741310fd585649b05b2fe2721f525407872e98b | |
| parent | 2d1fcef778fcdf504a98bfbcc6a324b29774d013 (diff) | |
| download | backports-bb39230ef3adb079beefb0f97de86508967b93cc.tar.gz | |
Update Documentation/backports/hacking
| -rw-r--r-- | wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki b/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki index e0e37ea..2fb66f9 100644 --- a/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki +++ b/wiki/Documentation_backports_hacking.mediawiki @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ This is now in one repository [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/mcgr You can generate backports based on different trees depending on your needs. We are supporting build based on [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/ linux-next.git], [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ linux.git] and [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/ linux-stable.git]. You can also generate builds based on your own tree, but then you probably have to patch backports yourself to add support for that. - = Generate new release = To generate a own backport release based on linux-next you need the following git trees: @@ -43,6 +42,10 @@ When adding a new driver you first have to copy it to the resulting release by a If this backported driver does not work on all supported kernel versions you have to specify it in the dependencies file. You should also add a new defconfig for your driver to /backport/defconfigs/ += Backporting a kernel feature = + +Features being backported should either be backported into a respective backports-3.x.c file under backports/compat/ and/or their respective header file under backport/backport-include/. + = Sending patches = backports contributions follow the contribution model |