Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: stable kernel macro?

# Re: stable kernel macro?

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Sat, 05 Jun 1999 20:51:33 -0400

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In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906060045270.11179-100000@ps.cus.umist.ac.uk>, Riley
Williams writes:
+-----
| > Is there a generic way to detect, via the C pre-processor,
| > whether the kernel is a stable or experimental series?
|
| I don't know about "via the C pre-processor", but you could try one of
| the following bash commands:
+--->8

#ifdef LINUX_VERSION_CODE
#define LINUX_STABLE_KERNEL (!(LINUX_VERSION_CODE & 0x000100))
#else
#error kernel is too old
#endif

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