From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Zhaohui Wang Subject: how to find when a symbol introduced into the kernel Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:51:03 -0400 Message-ID: <000a01c8ce68$be055400$3a0ffc00$@edu> References: <200805191657.13926.a.babich@rez.ru> <804dabb00805262224j1d5f7cf2mc076bcbb0554bac4@mail.gmail.com> <200805301706.00464.a.babich@rez.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-reply-to: <200805301706.00464.a.babich@rez.ru> Content-language: en-us Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hi all To write multiple kernel version compatible programs, I need to know when a specific symbol (a struct or a function)were introduced in to the kernel tree Binary search against multiple kernel sources is a way,but is still slow.Is there any fast way to use modern git technology to make my life easier? Many thanks. Best Regards Zhaohui Wang > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-newbie- > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Alexei Babich > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:06 AM > To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: > > > Check this out - since it has similar embedded requirements like > yours > > (what is a chematic engineer?): > I ment circuit, not schematic, and that's a misprint in addition :) > > > http://tree.celinuxforum.org/pipermail/celinux-dev/2006- > July/001261.html > Thank you for link. > > > > > Read the comments part of kernel/printk.c - printk() is an amazing > > function, because it can be called in ANY CONTEXT.....which also > means > > that it cannot sleep. But since u know many I/O function involved > > some form of waiting, therefore printk() necessarily HAVE TO WRITE TO > > A BUFFER, > OK, I need decrease buffer depth. > Thank you. > > -- > Regards, > Alexei Babich, circuit engineer, OOO NPP "Rezonans", Chelyabinsk, > Russia > http://www.rez.ru > Jabber ID: impatt@jabber.ru > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs