Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Add device tree build information

Steve McIntyre
2020-01-20T18:29:05Z

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,
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Steve McIntyre steve.mcintyre@linaro.org
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