what is the "+" sigh in the modules folder name?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Greg KH wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:25:20AM +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
> > Hi...
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 23:15, Christopher Harvey
> > <chris at basementcode.com> wrote:
> > > I have a path on system called:
> > > '/lib/modules/2.6.37+/'
> > > It used to be called:
> > > '/lib/modules/2.6.37/'
> >
> > Hm strange. You said you have the kernel source, right? Can you show
> > us about ten top lines of the Makefile in the main kernel source
> > directory?
> >
> > I am suspecting there is "+" character in the extraversion..but that
> > needs to be checked....
>
> No, it just means you have a "modified" kernel tree, that is not reall
> 2.6.37, you have changed it somehow.  The build system asks git about
> this when building the kernel.

  you sure?  i thought that if it was a modified working tree, you'd
get the "-dirty" qualifier added, not just a "+".

  i should know this since i remember documenting it once upon a time.

rday

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