[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add U_BOOT_TIMESTAMP definition

[Matt Sealey]

Hi Wolfgang,

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Matt,
>
> In message <1345733053-5023-1-git-send-email-matt at genesi-usa.com> you wrote:
>> This gives us a string like "20120822150855" which encodes the build time.
>>
>> This allows automated version checking and flashing of U-Boot to be performed,
>> for example, in boot.scr files (or scripting in general).
>
> I just noticed that this was never applied.  Sorry...

No problem.

>>  Makefile |    1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> index 1df4c1d..c042206 100644
>> --- a/Makefile
>> +++ b/Makefile
>> @@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ $(TIMESTAMP_FILE):
>>               @mkdir -p $(dir $(TIMESTAMP_FILE))
>>               @LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_DATE "%b %d %C%y"' > $@.tmp
>>               @LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_TIME "%T"' >> $@.tmp
>> +             @LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_TIMESTAMP "%Y%m%d%H%M%S"' >> $@.tmp
>>               @cmp -s $@ $@.tmp && rm -f $@.tmp || mv -f $@.tmp $@
>
> But then - you only add a new #define to the build environment,
> without any users of it, i. e. dead code.
>
> Did you intend to post any code that would use this (in this case these
> patches should be merged into one, or at least into a series), or can
> we simply drop this patch?

I did intend to submit a patch; what I wanted to do was gain some
comments about it before I made
our Efika MX configuration use it, and then it moved itself to development hell.

I will submit this as a series shortly (with the configuration update)
if this patch has been dropped
already, alternatively I will just submit the configuration update and
remark that it requires this patch.

Is that okay?

-- 
Matt Sealey <matt at genesi-usa.com>
Product Development Analyst, Genesi USA, Inc.