Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756204AbYFNXMG (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:12:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755546AbYFNXLz (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:11:55 -0400 Received: from caduceus1.gmu.edu ([129.174.0.40]:49352 "EHLO caduceus1.gmu.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755384AbYFNXLy (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:11:54 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 3601 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:11:54 EDT Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:11:55 -0400 From: Zhaohui Wang Subject: how to find when a symbol introduced into the kernel To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: zwange@gmu.edu Message-id: <000b01c8ce6b$a7bfda50$f73f8ef0$@edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-language: en-us Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thread-index: AcjCRSzJw1zigZ8bR8udDKe1cL80mwMIw7ZgAADN3aA= x-cr-hashedpuzzle: AXXh EfRK E/YY HVrm JrSF LQ3g LjhR Oj0U SToa TcIK Ul/U VEqn aiF/ asej bINJ dEcV;3;bABpAG4AdQB4AC0AawBlAHIAbgBlAGwAQAB2AGcAZQByAC4AawBlAHIAbgBlAGwALgBvAHIAZwA7AGwAaQBuAHUAeAAtAG4AZQB3AGIAaQBlAEAAdgBnAGUAcgAuAGsAZQByAG4AZQBsAC4AbwByAGcAOwB6AHcAYQBuAGcAZQBAAGcAbQB1AC4AZQBkAHUA;Sosha1_v1;7;{D717F3E0-93C0-4D9F-8569-FB007D0E31B5};egB3AGEAbgBnAGUAQABnAG0AdQAuAGUAZAB1AA==;Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:11:49 GMT;aABvAHcAIAB0AG8AIABmAGkAbgBkACAAdwBoAGUAbgAgAGEAIABzAHkAbQBiAG8AbAAgAGkAbgB0AHIAbwBkAHUAYwBlAGQAIABpAG4AdABvACAAdABoAGUAIABrAGUAcgBuAGUAbAA= x-cr-puzzleid: {D717F3E0-93C0-4D9F-8569-FB007D0E31B5} Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 602 Lines: 20 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-kernel" 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.tux.org/lkml/