On 10/12/2011 02:17 AM, amit mehta wrote: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> How do i find the linux kernel version from which a certain >>> feature was first incorporated. For example , How do i find the >>> first kernel version which had support for >>> GRO (generic receive offload) ? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Amit >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Kernelnewbies mailing list >>> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> Hi Amit, >> >> Kernel version is 2.6.29 refer http://lwn.net/Articles/358910/ >> >> Regards, >> Rohan Puri >> > Thanks Rohan, But still there should be some information in a changelog > for each kernel release somewhere. Currently looking for such information > in Linus's tree(https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/), > but it seems like getting such kind of information is quite engaging. > > - Amit > You can always use a LXR to find when a feature was first incorporated. Here is a link to just one of the several LXR available: http://lxr.free-electrons.com/
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