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SubjectRe: how to find when a symbol introduced into the kernel
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On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 18:11 -0400, Zhaohui Wang wrote:
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> 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
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> 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?
>

You can see the last time a line in a file was touched with git-blame;
that might help.

--Ben.


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