Re: linux.bkbits.net question: mapping cset to kernel version?

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed May 18 2005 - 11:15:58 EST


On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:11:32AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Given a particular file and a particular bitkeeper revision for the file,
> how can I tell which version of the kernel incorporated that changeset?
>
> In particular, I want to know about revision 1.65 of mm/rmap.c, which can
> be seen at
> http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/mm/rmap.c@xxxx?nav=index.html|src/|src/mm|hist/mm/rmap.c
>
> I want to know what the first version of Linux is to incorporate that
> change.
>
> And please don't tell me to do a diff on all the 2.6 versions, because
> that's not efficient.

But that's how you have to do it, sorry. You have the patches, why
can't you just use grep? :)

Good luck,

greg k-h
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