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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/5] hvmloader: add knob for fixed SMBIOS date string



>>> On 20.03.15 at 18:24, <olaf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> To allow reproducible builds of hvmloader introduce a make variable
> SMBIOS_REL_DATE=mm/dd/yyyy to provide a fixed date string. Without this
> change the hvmloader binary changes with every rebuild.

I don't really object to this change, but didn't we discuss using
smbios.c's time stamp instead, which then would properly reflect
eventual changes during incremental builds along with producing
unchanged output when there hasn't been any change?

Jan


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