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Code
====
In order to backport the Linux kernel we must divide and conquer the
tasks at hand.
This is now deprecated use :doc:`hacking on backports <documentation/backports/hacking>`.
Backport components
-------------------
There are currently two components to the backports effort.
compat
~~~~~~
compat is a shared module / headers that implements newer features for usage on older kernels.
- git://github.com/mcgrof/compat.git>`__
- :doc:`documentation/compat`
compat-drivers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compat-drivers is the framework that pulls code from the Linux kernel,
adds the compat module and backports features that compat could not
backport within its module / headers.
- git://github.com/mcgrof/compat-drivers.git``
- :doc:`documentation/compat-drivers`
Getting all required code
-------------------------
To be able to make releases and test building releases however you need
quite a bit more code. The setup is simplified with scripts from the
compat.git tree. To set your system up for the first time you can run::
wget https://github.com/mcgrof/compat/raw/master/bin/get-compat-trees
wget https://github.com/mcgrof/compat/raw/master/bin/get-compat-kernels
chmod 755 get-compat-trees get-compat-kernels
./get-compat-trees
./get-compat-kernels
Hacking on the project
----------------------
You should realize that there are a few components to the project and
that although they are used together each one can be considered
independent of each other.
- Read the :doc:`hacking on compat documentation <documentation/compat>`
- Read the :doc:`hacking on compat-drivers documentation <documentation/compat-drivers>`
TODO list
~~~~~~~~~
Read the :doc:`hacking TODO <documentation/compat-drivers/hacking>` for
a list of wish items we should be working towards.
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