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

[Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw@ITS.TUDelft.NL>]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 02:29:45AM +0100, John Levon wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Erik Mouw wrote:
> 
> > > 2. Is there a way to check the kernel version number from within a module?
> > 
> > Yes, but only after the module has been loaded, i.e.: too late.
> 
> OK, I'm being dense - how ?

By using the variables version_string and/or system_utsname in
init/version.c. For examples, see version_read_proc() in
fs/proc/proc_misc.c, or rpc_create_client() in net/sunrpc/clnt.c.


Erik

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