From: architekt@coding4coffee.org (Fabian Mewes)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: How the "<linux/version.h>" file is generated?
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:33:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151026103347.GA25162@remote.coding4coffee.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+MhoaNK3Lip7VCR=TYSokORDFpEh-DGFiiH-XFzuWg8GKhRsw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 06:22:57PM +0800, Nan Xiao wrote:
> After browsing http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/include/linux/, I
> can't find version.h file.
> So I am curious about how the "<linux/version.h>" file is generated?
This is done in the top-level Makefile:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Makefile#L997
Btw, you can try to find out something like this on your own by
grepping for 'version.h' in the kernel tree.
Greetings,
Fabian
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2015-10-26 10:22 How the "<linux/version.h>" file is generated? Nan Xiao
2015-10-26 10:33 ` Fabian Mewes [this message]
2015-10-27 3:46 ` Nan Xiao
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