On Wednesday 07 December 2011 13:39:06 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Ed Swarthout wrote:
> > so it is printed as part of the version command and visible when
> > displaying the image in the various flash banks.
> > 
> > This allows "strings u-boot.bin | head -1" to identify target:
> > 
> > VU-Boot 2011.09-01427-g6ee5cf2 (Dec 07 2011 - 11:11:55) P4080DS

this `strings|head` is arbitrary and just happens to work for your setup

> I don't think this is a good idea, especially as it afects the user
> interface for all boards.

+1

> Please feel free to define local settings for boards that are
> maintained by you (oops... there aren't any...), but I don't want to
> change this globally.

isn't there though ?  for Blackfin boards, i just use checkboard() to include 
board info.  but specifically for the version string, doesn't defining 
CONFIG_IDENT_STRING in the board's config work ?
-mike

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