From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve McIntyre Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Add device tree build information Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:28:46 +0000 Message-ID: <20200120182837.GO3697@linaro.org> References: <20200113181625.3130-1-alexandre.torgue@st.com> <233e0a5f-d38f-908c-5ca7-66ee87d0fcae@st.com> <7cfd0bc0-13fd-98ea-9bfd-6cfbbfd77b6d@gmail.com> <220e3aea-b273-417a-69c9-059236c888af@st.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=yIHlrjvTOBvuMpFxI0UYD9+tFFNdXNguPvpgjUnqhD8=; b=rnCEvDwoDApbJGuPbGXHyTmTfCOAtLcbDINEzjIPsBiL0I6zRdXgOBRf/u65dYl0BH axtA40kBe/RmDUUzNbSTXzR2AdR8dIQbq29rU9iNmi39NtYEj7PBwxCMQLoUQtsLBlnu GwpWj8s5B+zNDXG3qIyjkteGklth5fmsS+e54J1EpMMZ8RXmSUso3bry7fXmU3ara/Oh +MOBBxJqON6SkNDK94PcyuUwFpNvMonXB8/5TF0OpHEH4TUHyxTRD5ryLQ6rbUqb76QV PUUcsplJUyih4E0D/3avUFNyrChquEIyy+KGcwz5bYspkTqaSNj2YL2jC7SIguuhvkDM Cr6g== Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: devicetree-compiler-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Frank Rowand Cc: Alexandre Torgue , robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek , david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org, sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kbuild-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-compiler-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Hi Frank! Thanks for the link back to the previous discussion, it's very helpful. On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:14:22AM -0600, Frank Rowand wrote: >On 1/20/20 4:56 AM, Alexandre Torgue wrote: ... >> and the date). There are no "dtb versions", and "absolute/relative" >> path which created concerns. One remaining concern is "reproducible > >Here is an example of the info from one of my builds: > > From Linux 5.5.0-rc2-dirty by frowand the Mon Jan 20 09:50:58 CST 2020. > >The information 'Linux 5.5.0-rc2-dirty' is precisely what was most objected >to in my proposal. ACK. :-( I'm surprised to see so much push-back on what looks like a simple piece of information here. I've had users *specifically* asking for this kind of identification so that they can verify the version of the DTB they're using at runtime. Right now it can be a guessing game, which does not help people trying to debug problems. Cheers, -- Steve McIntyre steve.mcintyre-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org Linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs