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/*********************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2007 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
 * by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 and no later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the Lesser GNU General Public
 * License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.
 *
 *********************************************************/

/*
 * embed_version.h --
 *
 * Embeds a version string in an ELF binary that is readable by modinfo.
 */

#ifndef _EMBED_VERSION_H_
#define _EMBED_VERSION_H_

/*
 * Using section attributes, embed the specified version in the "modinfo"
 * section of the ELF binary. We don't do this on Windows, where the PE format
 * already has version information stuffed inside it, nor on Mac OS X, which
 * doesn't use ELF.
 *
 * We can't declare vm_version as static, otherwise it may get optimized out.
 * I've seen this when building with gcc 4.1, but not with 3.3.
 *
 * The argument to the macro should be the base name for the version number
 * macros to embed in the final binary, as described in vm_version.h (see
 * declaration of VM_VERSION_TO_STR).
 */
#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__APPLE__)

#define VM_EMBED_VERSION(ver)                                    \
const char vm_version[]                                          \
   __attribute__((section(".modinfo"), unused)) = "version=" ver

#else
#define VM_EMBED_VERSION(ver)
#endif

#endif /* _EMBED_VERSION_H_ */