Dear Javier, Sorry for late reply, but thank you. I also searched for many things on the net, read a lot of documentation, but it seems almost impossible thing to do... (That is shame, where is the power of linux? :) Just kidding ) Is there any way to do backporting ? For example, adding CIFS or USB WIFI support to my current kernel? If so, what are the steps for it? Best Regards Sertac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Martinez Canillas" <martinez.javier@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Sertac TULLUK" <sertac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Harishkumar V" <harishpresent@xxxxxxxxx>; <kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:16 PM Subject: Re: New kernel for Chipbox > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Sertac TULLUK <sertac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> Dear Harishkumar; >> >> I already know how to find the changes, please see my 1st e-mail below. >> >> The problem is, those changes are more than thousands of lines of code, >> and >> hundreds of files are added or modified. >> >> I wonder, how can I apply those thousands of changes to new kernel source >> quickly and easily? >> > > The bad news is that there isn't a quickly and easily way to do it. > The kernel doesn't have an stable API (read > Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt) and the ARM part of the kernel > is one of the most fast changing lately. So probably most of the > drivers and SoC enablement platform code won't work with newer > kernels. > > So, this isn't a trivial task. > > Best regards, > > -- > Javier Martínez Canillas > (+34) 682 39 81 69 > Barcelona, Spain > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
