Re: Linux version code

Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@MIT.EDU)
Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:02:46 -0500

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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:00:53 +0100
From: Guest <guest@manjak.knm.org.pl>

Sorry for the silly question, but how can I calculate LINUX_VERSION_CODE ?

If the Linux version number is X.Y.Z, then

LINUX_VERSION_CODE is X*65536 + Y*256 + Z

So for example, the Linux version code for 2.1.80 is

2 * 65536 + 1 * 256 + 80 = 131408

- Ted

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