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From: Tanmay <tanmayinamdar@gmail.com>
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Subject: What is '_KERNEL' in the source ?
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Hello,
          In various kernel source files,i came across '#ifdef _KERNEL'.
What is '_KERNEL' used for ? In some files _KERNEL is #defined to nothing ?=
?
Can anybody please explain this ?

TIA.

Regards,
 Tanmay