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| The ''Backports Project'' enables old kernels to run the latest drivers. |
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| "''Backporting''" is the process of making new software run on something old. A version of something new that's been modified to run on something old may be called a "''backport''". |
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| The Backports Project develops tools to automate the backporting process. These tools form the ''backports'' suite. |
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| = About backports = |
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| Backports provide drivers released on ''newer'' kernels backported for usage on ''older kernels''. Always use the latest stable release! The project started since 2007 and was originally known as '''compat-wireless''', evolved to '''compat-drivers''' and was recently renamed simply to '''backports'''. Both daily snapshots based on [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git linux-next], and stable releases based [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git Linux's stable releases] are provided. As of the v3.10 based release over 830 device drivers are backported. |
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| Current versions of backports support all mainline kernels starting with version 3.0, for kernel versions older than 3.0 please use backports-3.14, which supports all kernel versions back to 2.6.26. |
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| = Download = |
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| * [http://drvbp1.linux-foundation.org/~mcgrof/rel-html/backports/ Temporary backports release page] |
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| = Documentation = |
| * [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/backports/backports.git git repository] |
| * [[license|Linux kernel backports license]] |
| * [[Documentation/backports/hacking|Contributing to Linux backports]] -- refer to [[Documentation/backports/hacking/todo|TODO list]] |
| * [[documentation|Backports user documentation]] - you have two options: [[Documentation/packaging|backports package releases]] and [[Documentation/integration|backports kernel integration]] |
| * [http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/papers/backport_edcc15.pdf Increasing Automation in the Backporting of Linux Drivers Using Coccinelle paper] |
| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXATzae7eng Video of October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - Automatically backporting Linux] |
| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buZrNd6XkEw Video of October 2014 SUSE Labs Conference in České Budějovice - An Introduction to Coccinelle Bug Finding and Code Evolution for the Linux Kernel] |
| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvFXQ6zyHCg Video of October 2013 Linux Plumbers backports session] |
| * [[social_media|Get news or updates through social media]] |
| * [[Documentation/reporting-bugs|reporting bugs]] |
| ** [[bugzilla|backports bugzilla]] |
| ** [[reporting-vulnerabilities|reporting security vulnerabilities]] |
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| = Community = |
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| * [[Mailing list]]: [http://marc.info/?l=linux-backports (archives)] [mailto:backports@vger.kernel.org (send)] [[Mailing list|(subscribe)]] |
| * [[IRC]]: server "irc.freenode.net", channel "#kernel-backports" |
| * [[Meetings]] |
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