Upgrading u-boot needed ? - Was: Re: "opkg upgrade" breaks USB networking: g_ether module missing

[Michael Shiloh]

Andy Green wrote:
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> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
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> |> # strings current-uboot.bin  | grep git
> |> U-Boot 1.3.2+gitr18+64eb10cab8055084ae25ea4e73b66dd03cc1a0cb (Aug  4
> 2008 - 02:33:52)
> |> Neo1973 Bootloader U-Boot
> 1.3.2+gitr18+64eb10cab8055084ae25ea4e73b66dd03cc1a0cb
> |>
> |> So obviously, the version on u-boot's prompt is not meanlingful,
> |> then... :(
> |>
> |> Should I file a bug report ?
> |
> |
> | I would consider it a bug that the version on u-boot's prompt is not
> | meaningful, although I know in some cases that comes out of the source
> | control package automatically and is not easily fixed. Is that the case
> | in our case, or is this an error that can be fixed?
> 
> It turned out the guy was booting his NOR U-Boot and reporting the
> version data from that.  He said his NAND U-Boot version string when he
> did see it was good (ie, had the correct date and git hash).

Ah. Then all is well.

M