Re: Location of the kernel version number

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 01 Nov 2012, Robert Elz wrote:
> Aside from a couple of files, nothing in the kernel actually 
> cares what the kernel version is (and nor should it) and being 
> recompiled just because of that change is just waste.
>
> The solution seems to be to move the kernel version number 
> into a file of its own.  The few places that actually care can 
> include that new header file.
>
> Ideally, param.h would not include this file at all, certainly 
> it can't include it unconditionally, as that would defeat the 
> purpose of moving the thing out.

Yes, I agree with this.

--apb (Alan Barrett)