From a2a7f8a27debeaad430c9e198f1f1a80e733c3e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:06:57 -0400 Subject: docs/index.html: add more information about finding the version --- diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html index 7f11061..bf49d7b 100644 --- a/docs/index.html +++ b/docs/index.html @@ -163,7 +163,33 @@ (commit message build/roms/helper: add version information to CBFS) (or you have any upstream stable release of libreboot after 20150518), then you can press C at the GRUB console, and use this command to find out what version of libreboot you have:
- cat (cbfsdisk)/lbversion + cat (cbfsdisk)/lbversion
+ A file named version will also be included in the archives that you downloaded (if you are + using release archives). +

+ +

+ For git, it's easy. Just check the git log. +

+ +

+ For releases on or below 20150518, or snapshots generated from the git repository below 127 commits + after 20150518, you can find a file named commitid inside the archives. If you are using + pre-built ROM images from the libreboot project, you can press C in GRUB for access to the terminal, + and then run this command:
+ lscoreboot
+ You may find a date in here, detailing when that ROM image was built. For pre-built images distributed + by the libreboot project, this is a rough approximation of what version you have, because the version + numbers are dated, and the release archives are typically built on the same day as the release. +

+ +

+ You can also check the documentation that came with your archives, and in docs/release.html will be + the information about the version of libreboot that you are using. +

+ +

+ Generally speaking, it is advisable to use the latest version of libreboot.

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