Dear Peter Tyser,
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
this text probably belongs in the commit message above your SOB. But I
still don't understand why __TIME__ didn't work for you..can you
elaborate?
__TIME__ and __DATE__ aren't ideal as they are only updated when the
file that
Hi Wolfgang,
__TIME__ and __DATE__ aren't ideal as they are only updated when the
file that contains them is recompiled. For example, during the normal
modify/build/test cycle the version string remains the same for an 85xx
board as start.S would not be recompiled. So any number of
Dear Peter Tyser,
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
Actually the time stamp is completely useless in determining if the
code is the same or different. I can compile the same code many times
resulting in different time stamps and yet it's the very same code.
The code won't be
Dear Jerry Van Baren,
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
I know this patch isn't a big deal, but I think it would be a valuable
change. If others don't agree I'll drop the issue.
...
+1
Call me old fashioned, but I like time/date stamps. They are more
meaningful to me as a quick
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Wolfgang Denk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Peter Tyser,
Timestamps are not suitable to provide this type of information. If
you care about which code you are running, than make sure to use git.
I do, but the minor annoyance of having the exact same
Hi Andy,
I don't think he's wanting this as much for releases (which would be
fine with the git id as you mentioned), but during the development
process. It is very useful during development to have a timestamp
which confirms that what you are running now is what you expect.
There are
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:51:21 -0500
Peter Tyser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Use the GNU 'date' command to auto-generate a new U-Boot
timestamp on every compile.
Signed-off-by: Peter Tyser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
I noticed that the build time of U-Boot was not updated on every
compile which
Use the GNU 'date' command to auto-generate a new U-Boot
timestamp on every compile.
Signed-off-by: Peter Tyser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
I noticed that the build time of U-Boot was not updated on every
compile which occassionally threw me for a loop as to whether
a new U-Boot binary was programmed,
On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 17:51 -0500, Peter Tyser wrote:
Use the GNU 'date' command to auto-generate a new U-Boot
timestamp on every compile.
Signed-off-by: Peter Tyser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
I noticed that the build time of U-Boot was not updated on every
compile which occassionally threw me
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