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In most cases, the device files will also remain the same. On the other hand, the internal interfaces within the kernel can and do change between versions.
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In most cases, the device files will also remain the same. On the other hand, the internal interfaces within the kernel can and do change between versions.
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There are differences between different kernel versions, and if you want to support multiple kernel versions, you will find yourself having to code conditional compilation directives.
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There are differences between different kernel versions, and if you want to support multiple kernel versions, you will find yourself having to code conditional compilation directives.
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-The way to do this to compare the macro \cpp|LINUX_VERSION_CODE| to the macro \cpp|KERNEL_VERSION|.
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+The way to do this is to compare the macro \cpp|LINUX_VERSION_CODE| to the macro \cpp|KERNEL_VERSION|.
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In version \verb|a.b.c| of the kernel, the value of this macro would be \(2^{16}a+2^{8}b+c\).
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In version \verb|a.b.c| of the kernel, the value of this macro would be \(2^{16}a+2^{8}b+c\).
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\section{The /proc File System}
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\section{The /proc File System}
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Jim Huang