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author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-09-01 12:06:54 (EDT) |
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committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-09-01 12:06:54 (EDT) |
commit | 9e989616e3c5175a2b70f96a5006018e301a57cf (patch) | |
tree | a884f88655ad5814158dbc78aaca2d548aad1312 | |
parent | 4f3ef213601d038544c92db64ddfacd27fb671b0 (diff) | |
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docs/tasks.html: note about coreboot version information
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diff --git a/docs/tasks.html b/docs/tasks.html index 6a97382..68be554 100644 --- a/docs/tasks.html +++ b/docs/tasks.html @@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ (e.g. in the logs), which is currently lacking because libreboot deletes the .git directory (because the git history contains the deleted blobs, so libreboot has to delete it). It could just be a small patch that hardcodes the coreboot version information, for that coreboot version, - each time libreboot rebases on a new version of coreboot.</li> + each time libreboot rebases on a new version of coreboot.<br/><br/> + patrickg says: francis7: we have you covered: have your libreboot script add a file ".coreboot-version" to the top-level directory, containing the appropriate version number information. that will be used if git describe doesn't work (eg. because .git is missing) + </li> <li>Make memtest86+ build using coreboot's own crossgcc toolchain. Currently, memtest86+ doesn't even work at all when cross-compiled using the toolchain in x86-64 trisquel7</li> <li> |