Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] scripts: Add script to generate dtb build information

Alexandre Torgue
2020-03-02T12:40:41Z

On 2/21/20 8:38 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:52 AM Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/21/20 10:14 AM, Alexandre Torgue wrote:
>>> This commit adds a new script to create a file (in dts file directory) with
>>> some information (date, Linux version, user). This file could then be used
>>> to populate "build-info" property in every dts file that would use this
>>> build information:
>>>
>>> Example:
>>>
>>> / {
>>> ...
>>> build-info = /incbin/("dtb-build.txt");
>>
>> s/.txt/.dtsi/
>>
>> and same wherever the file name is used.
>>
>>
>>> ...
>>> };
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>>> index bae62549e3d2..a5af84ef4ffc 100644
>>> --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
>>> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>>> @@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ quiet_cmd_gzip = GZIP $@
>>> # DTC
>>> # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> DTC ?= $(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc
>>> +DTB_GEN_INFO ?= $(objtree)/scripts/gen_dtb_build_info.sh
>>>
>>> # Disable noisy checks by default
>>> ifeq ($(findstring 1,$(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN)),)
>>> @@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb FORCE
>>>
>>> quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC $@
>>> cmd_dtc = mkdir -p $(dir ${dtc-tmp}) ; \
>>> + $(DTB_GEN_INFO) $(src) ; \
>>> $(HOSTCC) -E $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $< ; \
>>> $(DTC) -O $(2) -o $@ -b 0 \
>>> $(addprefix -i,$(dir $<) $(DTC_INCLUDE)) $(DTC_FLAGS) \
>>> diff --git a/scripts/gen_dtb_build_info.sh b/scripts/gen_dtb_build_info.sh
>>> new file mode 100755
>>> index 000000000000..0cd8bd98e410
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/scripts/gen_dtb_build_info.sh
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
>>> +#!/bin/bash
>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>> +
>>> +set -o nounset
>>> +
>>> +DTB_DIR=$1
>>> +DTB_COMPILE_BY=$(whoami | sed 's/\\/\\\\/')
>>> +DTB_INFO="From Linux $KERNELRELEASE by $DTB_COMPILE_BY the $(date).\0"
>>
>> I would remove the filler words "From", "by", "the", and the trailing
>> period ('.').
>>
>> <bikeshed>
>> You might consider using a format more like the Linux
>> kernel version line, which puts parenthesis around the
>> compiled by info.
>
> IMO, we should use exactly the Linux kernel version line. Or exactly
> the u-boot version line when built in u-boot.

I agree to keep the same format than Linux banner. But does it make
sense to keep uts version, config flags ?

regards
Alex

>
> Rob
>