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2017-10-13backports: no longer support kernels < 3.10Johannes Berg
Since CRYPTO_CMAC was introduced in 3.10, and mac80211 depends on it, we basically get nothing out of it anyway. I'm not removing the support code (yet) since it actually compiles, and perhaps somebody has a need for (certain) kernel versions lower than 3.10. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2017-02-07backports: update READMEJohannes Berg
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-17backports: nuke support for kernels < 3.0Luis R. Rodriguez
mcgrof@drvbp1 ~/backports (git::master)$ time ./gentree.py --clean /home/mcgrof/linux-next /home/mcgrof/build/next-20140409 Copy original source files ... Apply patches ... Modify Kconfig tree ... Rewrite Makefiles and Kconfig files ... Done! real 1m30.186s user 9m25.180s sys 0m24.428s mcgrof@drvbp1 ~/build/next-20140409 $ time ckmake --allyesconfig 1 3.0.101 [ OK ] 2 3.1.10 [ OK ] 3 3.2.54 [ OK ] 4 3.3.8 [ OK ] 5 3.4.79 [ OK ] 6 3.5.7 [ OK ] 7 3.6.11 [ OK ] 8 3.7.10 [ OK ] 9 3.8.13 [ OK ] 10 3.9.11 [ OK ] 11 3.10.29 [ OK ] 12 3.11.10 [ OK ] 13 3.12.10 [ OK ] 14 3.13.2 [ OK ] 15 3.14-rc1 [ OK ] real 26m54.859s user 744m15.764s sys 83m47.440s Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
2013-10-23backports: remove DRM driverHauke Mehrtens
Maintaining the DRM driver takes a lot of recourses as there they are depending on many API changes done to the core kernel code and currently we do not have that many recourses to follow them. On the other side one needs also new userspace drivers to make use of the new features added to the DRM kernel drivers and it is not easy to update the X drivers. Therefore we came to the conclusion to remove the drm drivers for now. There were also some problems with some DRM drivers, like the Intel i915 driver caused kernel panic on some systems and was probably only usable on some very recent kernel versions. Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
2013-08-27remove support for kernel 2.6.24Johannes Berg
By requiring 2.6.25 we can get rid of quite a lot of backport work. 2.6.25 was released more than five years ago (April 2011) and wasn't a long-term kernel either, so there's little point in supporting it now. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
2013-07-12backports: Fix and document EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() preferenceLuis R. Rodriguez
In terms of project naming the backports project has evolved as follows: compat-wireless --> compat-drivers --> backports All along the design and intent behind the initial project has been to provide a framework for delivery of *upstream* drivers using a backported infrastructure. I've made it clear that in no way shape or form did I ever want any proprietary driver to make use of the framework. As the project has grown I'm not alone with this sentiment so lets document that and also fix a few symbols that have slipped along the way. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
2013-07-11backports: update README to include new subsystemsLuis R. Rodriguez
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
2013-03-29clean upJohannes Berg
Clean up all the things this won't use/need. I'm going to add things back bit by bit instead of trying to base it on the current version. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
2012-08-22Switch README to markdown formatOzan Çağlayan
github interprets and formats .md (markdown) in a very fashioned way. See how it looks and you can decide to use markdown in your readme: https://github.com/ozancaglayan/compat-drivers/tree/markdown Its 2012, README's are ancient. Signed-off-by: Ozan Çağlayan <ozancag@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
2012-08-14compat-drivers: complete compat-wirelss --> compat-drivers renameLuis R. Rodriguez
The name change is now completed, including the git tree. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
2012-08-06compat-wireless: Rename compat-wireless to compat-driversOzan Çağlayan
This first patch touches mostly cosmetic parts to change compat-wireless -> compat-drivers. GIT URL's describing compat-wireless.git are not changed for now as the git repo in github is still compat-wireless.git. Signed-off-by: Ozan Çağlayan <ozancag@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
2012-07-12compat-wireless: the iwmc3200wifi driver got axedLuis R. Rodriguez
commit bdb903e499aa9dcc727a74942131ef948ebf2e1b Author: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Date: Tue Jun 26 15:10:12 2012 -0400 iwmc3200wifi: remove driver for unavailable hardware This hardware never became available to normal humans. Leaving this driver imposes unwelcome maintenance costs for no clear benefit. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Acked-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
2012-06-11compat-wireless: update some urls to git trees in docsHauke Mehrtens
Changes some references to compat and compat-wireless git tree hosted at git.kernel.org to github and changed some references from wireless- testing to linux-next and linux-2.6-allstable to linux-stable. Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
2010-12-20compat-wireless: complete rtlwifi/RTL8192CE supportWalter Goldens
enable driver-select for rtlwifi/rtl8192ce complete renaming rtlwifi entries for compat-wireless Signed-off-by: Walter Goldens <goldenstranger@yahoo.com>
2010-11-23Revert "Revert "compat-wireless: apply changes needed after wl1271->wl12xx ↵Luis R. Rodriguez
renaming"" This reverts commit 67146a01bd5061ac685fe82147a8b306014a903c. Conflicts: patches/25-multicast-list_head.patch Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
2010-11-22Revert "compat-wireless: apply changes needed after wl1271->wl12xx renaming"Luis R. Rodriguez
Not yet This reverts commit 3bd28daf2ad78adf652c3e6b74645b7fa0cf3fc2.
2010-11-22compat-wireless: apply changes needed after wl1271->wl12xx renamingLuciano Coelho
This patch changes the occurrences of wl1271 in the Makefile, README and in the scripts to wl12xx, since the driver has been renamed. Also remove the wl1271_ prefix from the filenames. Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
2010-10-27compat-wireless: update README fileWalter Goldens
Signed-off-by: Walter Goldens <goldenstranger@yahoo.com>
2010-05-14compat-wireless: Update Readme to reflect changesHauke Mehrtens
* A description of the differences of the stable and the normal version of compat wireless was added. * Some outdated parts are now up to date * replaceing the developing section with version in the wiki These changes are needed because some people are tiring to build their own compat-wireless version based on wireless-testing and some people choose compat-wireless stable based on their currently running kernel version. Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
2009-12-28compat-2.6: New targets to compile bluetooth aloneBala Shanmugam
Compiling compat-pacakage consumes more time as both wireless and bluetooth modules are compiled. For someone who wants to use bluetooth alone compiling and installing wireless modules is unnecessary and is time consuming. New targets are declared to compile, install, uninstall, load and unload bluetooth modules seperately. Usage is updated in README. Signed-off-by: Bala Shanmugam <sbalashanmugam@atheros.com>
2009-09-28compat-2.6: adding notes on installing to non-running kernelHin-Tak Leung
adding notes on installing to non-running kernel Signed-off-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net>
2009-08-04Add new drivers-select to let users select their driversLuis R. Rodriguez
Only adds atheros drivers for now. Patches welcomed for other drivers. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
2009-01-24Typo fix on READMELuis R. Rodriguez
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
2008-11-21Send users to the wiki for infoLuis R. Rodriguez
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
2008-11-21Update README a littleLuis R. Rodriguez
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
2008-09-02Start of new compat-wireless git tree for kernels >= 2.6.27Luis R. Rodriguez
For older kernels please see compat-wireless-2.6-old.git. We split because of the new TX Multiqueue changes introduced which were difficult to backport. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>