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| author | Chris Feyerchak <anonymous.contributor@example.org> | 2017-06-25 03:14:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-04 15:47:34 -0400 |
| commit | e045530c7b3fbffd80745fbef44b5271b99a94d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b741cf728da335a756b018bf712381849830b2e | |
| parent | 881e9da374392810b93c134309e3c56b192ab8db (diff) | |
| download | backports-e045530c7b3fbffd80745fbef44b5271b99a94d8.tar.gz | |
Revise introduction
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diff --git a/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki b/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki index e7a8928..acf5b1b 100644 --- a/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki +++ b/wiki/Documentation.mediawiki @@ -2,7 +2,18 @@ title: Documentation --- -The Linux kernel backports project aims at backporting Linux '''upstream''' device drivers for usage on older kernels. Support is provided for using backports in '''package''' form, where a tarball is provided with subsystems/drivers from future kernels, and also with direct kernel integration support, where you can use backports to directly '''integrate''' subsystems/drivers from future kernels on older kernel trees. The point of the project is to provide a central mechanism for backporting device drivers for ''any'' subsystem and enable ''both'' users '''and''' developers to always focus on upstream Linux kernel development. The backports project shall '''never''' include proprietary drivers and by design does not allow usage of itself with proprietary drivers. Every backports release has been test compiled ''for usage'' against all supported kernels, the oldest one is (currently) 3.0. Note that Linux kernel releases can become deprecated. You are encouraged to use supported stable kernels as listed on [http://kernel.org kernel.org]. +The Backports Project aims to backport current Linux '''upstream''' device drivers for use with older kernels. The objective (1) is to provide a central mechanism for backporting the device drivers of ''any'' subsystem, thereby enabling (2) ''both'' users '''and''' developers to always focus on upstream Linux kernel development. + +The project shall '''never''' include proprietary drivers, and is designed to disallow its use with proprietary drivers. + +Backports supports backporting in either of two modes: + +*'''package''' mode, where backports produces a tarball (loosely akin to a patch) containing the subsystems/drivers of a future kernel +* direct kernel integration mode, where backports directly '''integrates''' the subsystems/drivers of a future kernel into an older kernel tree + +Every backports release has been test compiled ''for usage'' against all supported kernels. The oldest release is (currently) 3.0. + +Linux kernel releases can become deprecated. You are encouraged to use supported stable kernels as listed on [http://kernel.org kernel.org]. <h2>Backport uses</h2> |