TF-A prints a version string at boot which includes the version number as
specified in the Makefile and additional "build" information, specified by
the BUILD_STRING parameter:
https://trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io/en/v2.9/getting_started/build-options.html
BUILD_STRING: Input string for VERSION_STRING, which allows the TF-A build
to be uniquely identified. Defaults to the current git commit id.
This is implemented as:
# Default build string (git branch and commit)
ifeq (${BUILD_STRING},)
BUILD_STRING := $(shell git describe --always --dirty --tags 2> /dev/null)
endif
https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/blob/master/Makefile#L225-L228
Which is never correct in the context of Buildroot, as the TF-A build
directory is never a git repo, and git will move up the directory tree and
possibly and (possibly) pick up the git version of Buildroot instead.
To fix that, explicitly set BUILD_STRING to the version of the package.
Pass it before BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_ADDITIONAL_VARIABLES so it
can still be overridden by the user if needed.
strings images/tf-a-* | egrep '^v2\.'
v2.9(debug):2023.08-859-g99d78b52a0
v2.9(debug):v2.9
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
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