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authorMiquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>2019-11-17 18:34:01 +0100
committerMiquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>2019-11-17 18:34:01 +0100
commit8389a7b909f252e74ea92b2794de8d660cfee96e (patch)
treea947f3080e953e4a44417389b3f2b69d4817be2e /Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst
parentad39b5a1ed68032292794b41a5f9e41ea69f8052 (diff)
parent83cba933a6db1dd4d7ac85170f99461fbc339eff (diff)
Merge tag 'spi-nor/for-5.5' into mtd/next
SPI NOR core changes: - introduce 'struct spi_nor_controller_ops', - clean the Register Operations methods, - use dev_dbg insted of dev_err for low level info, - fix retlen handling in sst_write(), - fix silent truncations in spi_nor_read and spi_nor_read_raw(), - fix the clearing of QE bit on lock()/unlock(), - rework the disabling of the block write protection, - rework the Quad Enable methods, - make sure nor->spimem and nor->controller_ops are mutually exclusive, - set default Quad Enable method for ISSI flashes, - add support for few flashes. SPI NOR controller drivers changes: - intel-spi: - support chips without software sequencer, - add support for Intel Cannon Lake and Intel Comet Lake-H flashes.
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@@ -16,16 +16,21 @@ the kernel may be unreproducible, and how to avoid them.
Timestamps
----------
-The kernel embeds a timestamp in two places:
+The kernel embeds timestamps in three places:
* The version string exposed by ``uname()`` and included in
``/proc/version``
* File timestamps in the embedded initramfs
-By default the timestamp is the current time. This must be overridden
-using the `KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP`_ variable. If you are building
-from a git commit, you could use its commit date.
+* If enabled via ``CONFIG_IKHEADERS``, file timestamps of kernel
+ headers embedded in the kernel or respective module,
+ exposed via ``/sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz``
+
+By default the timestamp is the current time and in the case of
+``kheaders`` the various files' modification times. This must
+be overridden using the `KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP`_ variable.
+If you are building from a git commit, you could use its commit date.
The kernel does *not* use the ``__DATE__`` and ``__TIME__`` macros,
and enables warnings if they are used. If you incorporate external