Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: how to find when a symbol introduced into the kernel | From | Ben Nizette <> | Date | Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:08:04 +1000 |
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On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 18:11 -0400, Zhaohui Wang wrote: > > 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? >
You can see the last time a line in a file was touched with git-blame; that might help.
--Ben.
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