Dear Alexander Holler, In message <4d2bb9ac.1040...@ahsoftware.de> you wrote: > > > On the other hand, that would require changes to many files, and the > > gcc __VERSION__ string is pretty long on some systems, which may cause > > additional problems. > > Hmm, here it includes only "4.5.2", the plain version and not the vendor > version. Therfore I was happy with that, because the vendor version > would be too long to display at startup.
Well, what I see is for example "4.5.1 20100924 (Red Hat 4.5.1-4)" with the native GCC on Fedora 14; some other tool chains provide similar long results. > > I also doubt that we need this information with each boot message > > (where it just slows down booting). > > Hmm, I haven't counted the time needed to display additional 9 > characters, but displaying the version at startup is handy for "screen It's about 1 millisecond at 115 kbps, or 10 milliseconds at 9600 ;-) > dumps" (e.g. stuff pasted by people with problems). I think we're already printing way too muc information- and still people don't include even the most vital information like which version of U-Boot they are running. > > Would it not be sufficient to add this to the code of do_version() so > > we can get this information when we want it, i. e. when running the > > "version" command? > > I would like that. But as you said, my intention was really only because > of the current problems with gcc for arm. So will you prepare a patch? [TIA!] > Besides that, I would found it handy to see the used compiler for > u-boot's where I don't have the source by hand, e.g. those already found > on boards. But that might be because I'm curious by default. ;) Well, eventually we should print more than __VERSION__, then. Becasue if you see "4.4.1" - what does it tell you? You don't see that this is the Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202 version of GCC, or that ""4.5.0 20100729 (prerelease)" is a specific Poky release? > Anyway, I would found it a nice feature, at startup or when running the > version command, but both aren't a must. I think it would be a really useful extension to the version command. Looking forwad to seeing your patch. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. - Alfred E. Wiggam _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
