Kernel versioning WAS [GNUz] [Fwd: FreeBSD 6.1 Released]

[Rik Tindall]

Cool resource!

Nick Rout wrote:

>Hey I have a neat tool for you: makes it easy to see the history of
>kernel stuff.
>
>Go to http://www.kernelhq.cc/
>
>Click "History"
>
>Click through the directories to the file you want to study, in our case
>drivers/net/wirelss/hostap, then click on a file name like hostap.c. You will then get a little + symbol with 2 written next to it. Drill down
>to 2.6 and you will see that there are versions of the file for 2.6.14
>and 2.6.15. Therefore it started life in the kernel at 2.6.14. [1]. You
>can choose two versions and get a diff between them. V.cool.
>
>
>[1] Of course it was available for several years before that as a
>separate module
>  
>

Good to be able to confirm one isn't talking complete tosh :)