Don't add “+” to linux kernel version

Question

I am building linux kernel, if my kernel under git, then kernel version every time is:

Image Name:   Linux-2.6.39+

If I am not using git, t

Answer 1

To prevent the script scripts/setlocalversion to append the + to the end of the kernel local version, create an empty .scmversion file in the root of the kernel sources.

touch .scmversion

this way, you'll be able to leave LOCALVERSION as is in the kernel configuration file, in case you want to append a local signature to the kernel name.