From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tarbal@gmail.com (Jeff Kirsher) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:16:26 -0700 Subject: kernel version incorporating a particular feature In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E95770A.7060203@gmail.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On 10/12/2011 02:17 AM, amit mehta wrote: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, rohan puri wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta wrote: >>> How do i find the linux kernel version from which a certain >>> feature was first incorporated. For example , How do i find the >>> first kernel version which had support for >>> GRO (generic receive offload) ? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Amit >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Kernelnewbies mailing list >>> Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org >>> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> Hi Amit, >> >> Kernel version is 2.6.29 refer http://lwn.net/Articles/358910/ >> >> Regards, >> Rohan Puri >> > Thanks Rohan, But still there should be some information in a changelog > for each kernel release somewhere. Currently looking for such information > in Linus's tree(https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/), > but it seems like getting such kind of information is quite engaging. > > - Amit > You can always use a LXR to find when a feature was first incorporated. Here is a link to just one of the several LXR available: http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 900 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20111012/bf768b0b/attachment.bin