On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 3:47 PM Denys Dmytriyenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 03:18:41PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 3:07 PM Denys Dmytriyenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 02:46:41PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> > > > Add the Git revision used for the build. It is very useful especially 
> > > > when
> > > > using custom or vendor U-Boot forks so we can map a binary to a specific
> > > > source revision. Valid values are "0" or "1".
> > >
> > > Well, UBOOT_LOCALVERSION was originally added specifically for this 
> > > purpose -
> > > to be able to append git hash.
> >
> > Not really; it kinda of maps to what Linux kernel provides and it is a
> > "suffix" for the version. For example "-ti" to imply it came from a
> > Texas Instruments fork.
>
> There are multiple uses and you can append anything you want. Here's the
> original patch that specifically mentions adding git hash, as an example:
> https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/topic/72204283
>
> > > > This is based on a class which has been in use in `meta-freescale` BSP
> > > > for years and has been very useful especially for custom U-Boot releases
> > > > as it allow we to know the exact Git revision used for the binary.
> > >
> > > And in meta-ti BSP we've used for many years:
> > > UBOOT_LOCALVERSION = "-g${@get_git_revision('${S}')}"
> > >
> > > And get_git_revision() just calls "git rev-parse HEAD"
> > >
> > > So, it seems a bit redundant to add another variable for this...
> >
> > How I use this is:
> >
> > UBOOT_LOCALVERSION = "-updatehub"
> > UBOOT_LOCALVERSION_AUTO = "1"
> >
> > I think it is way easier for users to do that. Using inline Python
> > code is possible but it is not something I qualify as user friendly.
>
> UBOOT_LOCALVERSION = "-updatehub-g${SRCPV}"

U-Boot 2020.01-updatehub-AUTOINC+d228123da8 (Mar 20 2020 - 17:05:55 +0000)

This is kinda ugly. Also the old behaviour is still supported.

Let's see what others from community think about it.

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