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SubjectRe: [PATCH] save kernel version in .config file
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:56:02 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote:

| On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 07:34:55AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
| > On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:06:51PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| > >
| > > Is this interesting to anyone besides me?
| > > Save kernel version info when writing .config file.
| >
| > Very good idea Randy ! I've already used some wrong config picked out of 20,
| > and having a simple way to do a quick check is really an enhancement. BTW,
| > does KERNELRELEASE include the build number ? and could we include the
| > config date in the file too ?
|
| Date seems worthwhile. buildnumber does not make sense since we do not
| generate a new .config for each build.

OK, I've added date, based on Sam's comments, but someone tell me,
when/why does filesystem-timestamp not work for this?

Thanks for the replies.

--
~Randy



Save kernel version info and date when writing .config file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org>


diffstat:=
scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -Naurp ./scripts/kconfig/confdata.c~config_version ./scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
--- ./scripts/kconfig/confdata.c~config_version 2004-06-15 22:20:21.000000000 -0700
+++ ./scripts/kconfig/confdata.c 2004-06-18 14:27:25.414950216 -0700
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define LKC_DIRECT_LINK
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
char dirname[128], tmpname[128], newname[128];
int type, l;
const char *str;
+ time_t now;

dirname[0] = 0;
if (name && name[0]) {
@@ -301,14 +303,22 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
if (!out_h)
return 1;
}
+ sym = sym_lookup("KERNELRELEASE", 0);
+ time(&now);
fprintf(out, "#\n"
"# Automatically generated make config: don't edit\n"
- "#\n");
+ "# Linux kernel version: %s\n"
+ "# %s"
+ "#\n",
+ (char *)sym->curr.val, ctime(&now));
if (out_h)
fprintf(out_h, "/*\n"
" * Automatically generated C config: don't edit\n"
+ " * Linux kernel version: %s\n"
+ " * %s"
" */\n"
- "#define AUTOCONF_INCLUDED\n");
+ "#define AUTOCONF_INCLUDED\n",
+ (char *)sym->curr.val, ctime(&now));

if (!sym_change_count)
sym_clear_all_valid();
-
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