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-rwxr-xr-xresources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper17
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 14f3c89e..6703f283 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
<p>
<a href="#why">What is libreboot?</a>
</p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="#version">How do I know what version I'm running?</a>
+ </p>
</div>
<div class="section">
@@ -151,6 +154,18 @@
</div>
+ <div class="section" id="version">
+
+ <p>
+ If you are 127 commits after release 20150518
+ (commit message <i>build/roms/helper: add version information to CBFS</i>)
+ (or you have any stable release after 20150518), then you can
+ press C at the GRUB console, and use this command to find out what version of libreboot you have:<br/>
+ <b>cat (cbfsdisk)/lbversion</b>
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
<div class="section">
<p>
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper
index a89ea578..82fd518c 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ printf "Helper script: build ROM images for '$1'\n"
cd coreboot/
+if [ -f "../version" ]; then
+ # _src release archive is being used
+ version="$(cat ../version)"
+else
+ # git repo is being used
+ version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+fi
+printf '%s\n' "${version}" >"lbversion"
+
# Build ROM images with text-mode and corebootfb modes.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -78,7 +87,10 @@ do
mv build/coreboot.rom "$1"_"$romtype".rom
# .config no longer needed
rm -f .config
-
+
+ # Add version information to this image
+ ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "$1"_"$romtype".rom add -f lbversion -n lbversion -t raw
+
# Add the background image
if [ "$romtype" = "vesafb" ]
then
@@ -120,6 +132,9 @@ rm -Rf ../bin/"$1"
# now put the new ROM's in ./bin
mv "$1" ../bin
+# libreboot version file no longer needed
+rm -f "lbversion"
+
# go back to main source directory
cd ../