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 for a loop as to whether > a new U-Boot binary was programmed, etc. This patch updates > a U_BOOT_DATE define on every compile which can then be used > in place of the multiple "__DATE__ - __TIME__" preprocessor > macros that are currently used. > > This also ensures the timestamp will be the same for a board > if it uses __TIME__ in multiple files. > > Let me know if this would be accepted into mainline and I'll > generate a formal patch updating all __DATE__/__TIME__ > references.
Instead of U_BOOT_DATE, we could use U_BOOT_DATE (month, day, year) and U_BOOT_TIME (24 hour time) to provide more granularity if others want that level of control. Peter _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
