[v2,01/26] bitbake: globally define KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME

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Series	[v2,01/26] bitbake: globally define KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME \| expand [v2,01/26] bitbake: globally define KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME [v2,02/26] kernel: remove KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME [v2,03/26] machine: rename kernel prefix [v2,04/26] kernel: remove setting of KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME [v2,05/26] core-image-kernel: rename kernel prefix [v2,06/26] packagegroup-self-hosted: rename kernel prefix [v2,07/26] packegroup-core-boot: rename kernel prefix [v2,08/26] packagegroup-base: rename kernel prefix [v2,09/26] ofono: rename kernel prefix [v2,10/26] iptables: rename kernel prefix [v2,11/26] watchdog: rename kernel prefix [v2,12/26] nfs-utils: rename kernel prefix [v2,13/26] mdadm: rename kernel prefix [v2,14/26] systemd: rename kernel prefix [v2,15/26] util-linux: rename kernel prefix [v2,16/26] connman: rename kernel prefix [v2,17/26] hwlatdetect: rename kernel prefix [v2,18/26] v86d: rename kernel prefix [v2,19/26] efivar: rename kernel prefix [v2,20/26] parted: rename kernel prefix [v2,21/26] ltp: rename kernel prefix [v2,22/26] libnl: rename kernel prefix [v2,23/26] linux-kernel-base: locate virtual/kernel WORKDIR [v2,24/26] perf: preset STAGING_KERNEL_DIR [v2,25/26] perf: disable discarded-qualifiers checks [v2,26/26] make-mod-scripts: preset STAGING_KERNEL_DIR

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From: Vincent Davis Jr <vince@underview.tech>
To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Cc: Vincent Davis Jr <vince@underview.tech>
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/26] bitbake: globally define KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:49:29 -0400
Message-ID: <20260712054954.4063745-1-vince@underview.tech>
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[v2,01/26] bitbake: globally define KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME | expand

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Vincent Davis Jr July 12, 2026, 5:49 a.m. UTC

A number of recipes rely on hard coded
kernel prefix set by KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME
when including modules. This leads to build
time failures such as.

ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'kernel-module-*'

Commit globally defines variable so that
recipes aren't reliant on hardcoded 'kernel'
prefix.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Davis Jr <vince@underview.tech>
---
 meta/conf/bitbake.conf | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index bdf37d0da2..f06f97a8ee 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -493,6 +493,9 @@  KERNEL_SRC_PATH = "/usr/src/kernel"
 STAGING_KERNEL_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${MACHINE}/kernel-source"
 STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${MACHINE}/kernel-build-artifacts"
 
+# Globally define base string for kernel packages
+KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME ??= "kernel"
+
 ##################################################################
 # Specific image creation and rootfs population info.
 ##################################################################

[v2,01/26] bitbake: globally define KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME

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