In message 030701c6d8fc$ca4f9850$7934800a@RudiDell you wrote:
I was looking at how U-Boot gets the date and time in the version string and I noticed that it doesn't get updated for each build. I'm using an arm-based
Who says it should?? ;-)
I'm attaching a patch that builds the entire version string (including date and time) just before linking U-Boot so it's always up to date. Key features of the patch are:
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-VERSION_FILE = $(obj)include/version_autogenerated.h +VERSION_FILE = version_autogenerated.c
Here you ruin the new support for building in a different directory. Check you patch for other, similar issues.
Also, all of this looks overly complicated to me. If the time stamp is important to you, run a "make clean" first ;-)
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk