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

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:40:41PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 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 "+".

Try it and see :)