Use git describe to set KERNELVERSION

[coreboot.git] / Makefile.inc

diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index 89467db6d939d21279244538cd8f0ff8eab1736f..6c51a84cdd8cc349639632d23c05b618955993b5 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 
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 # misleadingly named, this is the coreboot version
-REV=-r$(shell if [ -d $(top)/.git -a -f "`which git`" ]; then git --git-dir=/$(top)/.git show -s --pretty=format:%h; fi)
-export KERNELVERSION      := 4.0$(REV)
+export KERNELVERSION := $(shell if [ -d "$(top)/.git" -a -f "`which git`" ]; then git describe; else echo unknown; fi)
 
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 # Basic component discovery