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authorTushar Behera <tushar.behera@linaro.org>2012-09-18 12:07:04 +0530
committerTushar Behera <tushar.behera@linaro.org>2013-06-19 16:52:47 +0530
commit21709c30232e1fc679339ae8eec32e0ee39f5854 (patch)
tree5aef793738655303fb3ce4c5490e21f2c982edb5
parent7972c1c463c0f9e6249746dc68ac94c20bffa54b (diff)
kbuild: Add support to extract information about current git commit HEAD
Many cases it is difficult to get to the exact commit at which the current kernel is compiled. Adding an additional print statement to explicitly tell the current HEAD. Signed-off-by: Tushar Behera <tushar.behera@linaro.org>
-rw-r--r--Makefile5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/printk.h1
-rw-r--r--init/main.c1
-rw-r--r--init/version.c3
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6863b55f7c..7634a17f978 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -799,7 +799,6 @@ include/config/kernel.release: include/config/auto.conf FORCE
$(Q)rm -f $@
$(Q)echo "$(KERNELVERSION)$$($(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree))" > $@
-
# Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel
# or the modules are listed in "prepare".
# A multi level approach is used. prepareN is processed before prepareN-1.
@@ -849,7 +848,9 @@ define filechk_utsrelease.h
echo '"$(KERNELRELEASE)" exceeds $(uts_len) characters' >&2; \
exit 1; \
fi; \
- (echo \#define UTS_RELEASE \"$(KERNELRELEASE)\";)
+ (echo \#define UTS_RELEASE \"$(KERNELRELEASE)\"; \
+ echo \#define KERNEL_GIT_ID \"$(shell \
+ git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)\";)
endef
define filechk_version.h
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 22c7052e937..b62c7670353 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
extern const char linux_banner[];
extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
+extern const char linux_scm_version_banner[];
static inline int printk_get_level(const char *buffer)
{
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 9484f4ba88d..7499e43e9b7 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
boot_cpu_init();
page_address_init();
pr_notice("%s", linux_banner);
+ pr_notice("%s", linux_scm_version_banner);
setup_arch(&command_line);
mm_init_owner(&init_mm, &init_task);
mm_init_cpumask(&init_mm);
diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index 1a4718e500f..3978f0298c9 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ const char linux_proc_banner[] =
"%s version %s"
" (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"
" (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s\n";
+
+const char linux_scm_version_banner [] =
+ "Kernel was built at commit id '" KERNEL_GIT_ID "'\n";