> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:13:25 +0100
> From: Eric Auer
> Alain mentioned that it is hard to keep an overview which
> kernel file is which version, for example if you want to
> report a problem or want to compare kernels. For that it
> would be a great help to put for example the SVN release
> number in there. SYS CONFIG can then be used to show it
> for any kernel file without having to boot with the file.
I think this is almost always a good idea to do! My rule of thumb at work is
that the more information you can automatically record at build time, the
better. Of course, there might be some limit to how much space you want to
take up in the kernel :)
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:36:27 +0100
> From: "Christian Masloch"
> Such a 21.33Fx call could also return the build number for convenience,
> possibly with a special value such as 0 or -1 if it's no official build.
Yes, you definitely need some indication of whether the build is "official".
I assume that "official" means the nightly build in this case? Normally I
would suggest that you would want to use 'svnversion' and verify that there are
no "M" or "S" suffixes or colons in the output which would suggest that the
build is from anything other than a single unmodified revision, but if the only
builds for which a revision number are stored are builds where you know for
sure that the working copy is checked out from a single unmodified revision, I
guess that isn't required.
Regards,
David
PS In the spirit of what Eric said, apologies for my absence of many years!
Oh, and also for not contributing all that much even when I was here :)
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