======2014 GSoC Driver Backports======

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**Mailing list**

Join the kernel backports mailing list:

[[https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Mailing_list|https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Mailing_list]]

Introduce yourself there and express your interest if you like. You can either chime in with your own ideas or pick one of the ones below.

IRC

We're on Freenode:

IRC server: irc.freenode.org

Channel: #kernel-backports

Drop in and introduce yourself and feel free to also socialize your ideas there or feel free to just ask any questions.
=====**Linux kernel backports review**=====

This page documents GSoC project ideas for Linux kernel backportings effort. The Linux kernel functionality from future kernels are backported to older kernels through [[https://backports.wiki.kernel.org|backports]]. Some subsystems tend to have their own backport work as independent projects. We should be able to unify backport work as much as possible through a unified framework and allow users to select which parts they want to compile for their target kernel. When providing backport work we also should prioritize working properly upstream. 

Project ideas

  * See our [[https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Documentation/backports/hacking/todo|TODO]] page for current things which you can consider taking on

Mentors available

  * Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - For compat-drivers / compat guidence
  * Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - For Coccinelle / SmPL guidence