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 18:11:55 -0400 Message-ID: <000b01c8ce6b$a7bfda50$f73f8ef0$@edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: 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, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: zwange@gmu.edu 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 -- 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