On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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/ > You mean to say browse the code, no changelog or something ? -Amit _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
