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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst index 3388a10f2dcc..82826b0332df 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst @@ -328,8 +328,14 @@ KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP ---------------------- Setting this to a date string overrides the timestamp used in the UTS_VERSION definition (uname -v in the running kernel). The value has to -be a string that can be passed to date -d. The default value -is the output of the date command at one point during build. +be a string that can be passed to date -d. E.g.:: + + $ KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP="Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 UTC 2025" make + +The default value is the output of the date command at one point during +build. If provided, this timestamp will also be used for mtime fields +within any initramfs archive. Initramfs mtimes are 32-bit, so dates before +the 1970 Unix epoch, or after 2106-02-07 06:28:15 UTC will fail. KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST ------------------------------------ |