* kernel version incorporating a particular feature @ 2011-10-12 8:44 amit mehta 2011-10-12 8:50 ` rohan puri 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: amit mehta @ 2011-10-12 8:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* kernel version incorporating a particular feature 2011-10-12 8:44 kernel version incorporating a particular feature amit mehta @ 2011-10-12 8:50 ` rohan puri 2011-10-12 9:17 ` amit mehta 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: rohan puri @ 2011-10-12 8:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20111012/9d88357c/attachment.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* kernel version incorporating a particular feature 2011-10-12 8:50 ` rohan puri @ 2011-10-12 9:17 ` amit mehta 2011-10-12 11:16 ` Jeff Kirsher 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: amit mehta @ 2011-10-12 9:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* kernel version incorporating a particular feature 2011-10-12 9:17 ` amit mehta @ 2011-10-12 11:16 ` Jeff Kirsher 2011-10-12 12:12 ` amit mehta 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Jeff Kirsher @ 2011-10-12 11:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On 10/12/2011 02:17 AM, amit mehta wrote: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* kernel version incorporating a particular feature 2011-10-12 11:16 ` Jeff Kirsher @ 2011-10-12 12:12 ` amit mehta 2011-10-12 12:59 ` Jeff Kirsher 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: amit mehta @ 2011-10-12 12:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/12/2011 02:17 AM, amit mehta wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> 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/ > You mean to say browse the code, no changelog or something ? -Amit ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* kernel version incorporating a particular feature 2011-10-12 12:12 ` amit mehta @ 2011-10-12 12:59 ` Jeff Kirsher 2011-10-12 13:44 ` Matt Schulte 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Jeff Kirsher @ 2011-10-12 12:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On 10/12/2011 05:12 AM, amit mehta wrote: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 10/12/2011 02:17 AM, amit mehta wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> 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/ >> > You mean to say browse the code, no changelog or something ? > > -Amit > > Well I was not thinking of browsing the code, because that would take a long time. But I was thinking of an identifier search which is much faster and you can cover several kernel versions in a lot less time than it would take to read a changelog of every release looking for a feature. -------------- 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/20111012/497d480a/attachment-0001.bin ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* kernel version incorporating a particular feature 2011-10-12 12:59 ` Jeff Kirsher @ 2011-10-12 13:44 ` Matt Schulte 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Matt Schulte @ 2011-10-12 13:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/12/2011 05:12 AM, amit mehta wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 10/12/2011 02:17 AM, amit mehta wrote: >>>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> 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/ >>> >> You mean to say browse the code, no changelog or something ? >> >> -Amit >> >> > > Well I was not thinking of browsing the code, because that would take a > long time. ?But I was thinking of an identifier search which is much > faster and you can cover several kernel versions in a lot less time than > it would take to read a changelog of every release looking for a > feature. > I have recently had to track down several additions and changes to the kernel that broke my drivers. Short of randomly googling to find the answer Jeff is right, using one of the LXR sites seems to be just about the only way to figure out where the change happened while also keeping your sanity. If there is a better way I would love to know. Matt Schulte ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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