build.sh: use CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO

Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9d5d175a5875..11913dcc4e5e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -244,6 +244,12 @@ make replicant_defconfig
 unset_kconfig CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
 set_kconfig_value CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR "${regdb_repository_path}"
 
+# This script is meant to build a kernel for development purposes (so
+# not for releases), so it's a good idea to be able to track which
+# kernel is running, especially to record the git revision when some
+# driver starts working
+set_kconfig_y CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO
+
 if [ "${os}" = "Android" ] ; then
     set_kconfig_y CONFIG_USB_FUNCTIONFS
     cmdline_append "root=PARTLABEL=SYSTEM init=/init rootwait"