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



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.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 INSTALL                           | 1 +
 tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index eac34b4..198cb9d 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ into the binaries. To allow reproducible builds the 
following variables
 can be used to provide fixed timestamps in the expected format.
 XEN_BUILD_DATE=any
 XEN_BUILD_TIME=hh:mm:ss
+SMBIOS_REL_DATE=mm/dd/yyyy
 
 The following variables can be used to tweak some aspects of the
 hypervisor build.
diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile 
b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
index cf967fd..34008d2 100644
--- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
+++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ SUBDIRS := acpi
 # The HVM loader is started in 32-bit mode at the address below:
 LOADADDR = 0x100000
 
+# SMBIOS spec requires format mm/dd/yyyy
+SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date +%m/%d/%Y)
+
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_xeninclude)
 
 OBJS  = hvmloader.o mp_tables.o util.o smbios.o 
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ all: subdirs-all
        $(MAKE) hvmloader
 
 ovmf.o rombios.o seabios.o hvmloader.o: roms.inc
-smbios.o: CFLAGS += -D__SMBIOS_DATE__="\"$(shell date +%m/%d/%Y)\""
+smbios.o: CFLAGS += -D__SMBIOS_DATE__="$(SMBIOS_REL_DATE)"
 
 hvmloader: $(OBJS) acpi/acpi.a
        $(LD) $(LDFLAGS_DIRECT) -N -Ttext $(LOADADDR) -o hvmloader.tmp $^

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