buildroot - how to change kernel version string

Question

I work on SAM9G25 EK board with buildroot and Armstrong linux (Linux4sam). My script is creating linux version \"2.6.39+\" and this \"+\" is confusing (/lib/modules folder e

Answer 1

You have a .config? Look in there for the value assigned to CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.

To have no local version specifed in the kernel's release, either remove CONFIG_LOCALVERSION or comment it out by starting the line containing it by a #.

The default shall be:

#CONFIG_LOCALVERSION is not set