Compat - Wireless !!exclusive!!

The year is 2014. Linus Torvalds has just released the Linux kernel 3.15, and somewhere in a cluttered home office in Bangalore, a young systems engineer named Anjali lets out a groan. Her Lenovo X220—a stalwart machine she’s kept alive with duct tape and open-source devotion—has just lost its mind. Or rather, its Wi-Fi.

While the keyword is still widely used in legacy documentation and forums, the project eventually expanded its scope. Since it began supporting more than just wireless drivers (including NFC, Ethernet, and media drivers), it was renamed to the Linux Backports Project . Practical Use Cases compat wireless

Here is a modern, useful guide on how to handle wireless driver compatibility issues on Linux. The year is 2014