Re: Determining kernel version (2.2 or 2.4) from within module?

[Greg KH <greg@wirex.com>]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:44:59AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> I have a module which compiles for both 2.2 and 2.4, using a couple #ifdef's
> for the differences.  I want to be able to create a binary driver that loads on
> both 2.2 or 2.4, detecting at run-time which version it is.  Two questions:
> 
> 1. Can I use "insmod -f" to load a driver compiled for 2.2 under 2.4?
> 2. Is there a way to check the kernel version number from within a module?

You can not create a binary driver that will work with both kernel
versions, sorry.  You also can't reliably create a binary kernel driver
that will work with more than just 1 specific kernel version.

Sorry,

greg k-h

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