Where are the macros that define the major/minor/release versions located in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?
Issue
Problems are encountered when compiling kernel modules that require the use of the following macros which were previously defined in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in header file include/linux/version.h in the following format:
#define RHEL_MAJOR 5
#define RHEL_MINOR 1
#define RHEL_RELEASE_CODE 1281
#define RHEL_RELEASE_VERSION(a,b) (((a) << 8) + (b))
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta
- Header file
include/linux/version.h
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