How the "<linux/version.h>" file is generated?

[Nan Xiao]

Hi Fabian,

OK, thanks very much for your answer!
Best Regards
Nan Xiao


On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Fabian Mewes
<architekt at coding4coffee.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 06:22:57PM +0800, Nan Xiao wrote:
>> After browsing http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/include/linux/, I
>> can't find version.h file.
>> So I am curious about how the "<linux/version.h>" file is generated?
>
> This is done in the top-level Makefile:
>         http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Makefile#L997
>
> Btw, you can try to find out something like this on your own by
> grepping for 'version.h' in the kernel tree.
>
> Greetings,
> Fabian