From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: architekt@coding4coffee.org (Fabian Mewes)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:33:47 +0100
Subject: How the "<linux/version.h>" file is generated?
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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