2008-08-08 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>

* rtems/include/rtems.h, sapi/Makefile.am: Add Add simple helper to get
	RTEMS version string.
	* sapi/src/getversionstring.c: New file.

cpukit/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-08	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* rtems/include/rtems.h, sapi/Makefile.am: Add Add simple helper to get
+	RTEMS version string.
+	* sapi/src/getversionstring.c: New file.
+
 2008-08-06	Brett Swimley <brett.swimley@aedbozeman.com>
 
 	PR 1192/filesystem

cpukit/rtems/include/rtems.h

@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rtems/rtems/support.h>
 #include <rtems/score/sysstate.h>
 
+/*
+ *  Obtain the RTEMS Version String
+ *
+ *  This method may be used to obtain the RTEMS version string.
+ *
+ *  This method returns a pointer to the version string.
+ */
+const char *rtems_get_version_string(void);
+
 #define RTEMS_HAS_HARDWARE_FP CPU_HARDWARE_FP
 
 /*

cpukit/sapi/Makefile.am

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS += -D__RTEMS_INSIDE__
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libsapi.a
 libsapi_a_SOURCES = src/debug.c src/extension.c src/extensioncreate.c \
     src/extensiondelete.c src/extensionident.c src/fatal.c src/exinit.c \
-    src/io.c src/itronapi.c src/posixapi.c src/rtemsapi.c
+    src/io.c src/itronapi.c src/posixapi.c src/rtemsapi.c \
+    src/getversionstring.c
 libsapi_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 
 include $(srcdir)/preinstall.am

cpukit/sapi/src/getversionstring.c

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ *  COPYRIGHT (c) 1989-2008.
+ *  On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
+ *
+ *  The license and distribution terms for this file may be
+ *  found in the file LICENSE in this distribution or at
+ *  http://www.rtems.com/license/LICENSE.
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <rtems/system.h>
+
+const char *rtems_get_version_string(void)
+{
+  return _RTEMS_version;
+}