1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 2f556ca03b..bd7a957583 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@ PATCH_GIT_USER_NAME ?= "OpenEmbedded"
 
 # returns local (absolute) path names for all valid patches in the
 # src_uri
-def find_patches(d):
+def find_patches(d,subdir):
     patches = src_patches(d)
     patch_list=[]
     for p in patches:
-        _, _, local, _, _, _ = bb.fetch.decodeurl(p)
-        patch_list.append(local)
+        _, _, local, _, _, parm = bb.fetch.decodeurl(p)
+        # if patchdir has been passed, we won't be able to apply it so skip
+        # the patch for now, and special processing happens later
+        patchdir = ''
+        if "patchdir" in parm:
+            patchdir = parm["patchdir"]
+        if patchdir:
+            if subdir == patchdir:
+                patch_list.append(local)
+        else:
+            patch_list.append(local)
 
     return patch_list
 
@@ -119,8 +128,20 @@ do_kernel_metadata() {
                 fi
         fi
 
+        # was anyone trying to patch the kernel meta data ?, we need to do
+        # this here, since the scc commands migrate the .cfg fragments to the
+        # kernel source tree, where they'll be used later.
+        check_git_config
+        patches="${@" ".join(find_patches(d,'kernel-meta'))}"
+        for p in $patches; do
+            (
+                cd ${WORKDIR}/kernel-meta
+                git am -s $p
+            )
+        done
+
         sccs_from_src_uri="${@" ".join(find_sccs(d))}"
-        patches="${@" ".join(find_patches(d))}"
+        patches="${@" ".join(find_patches(d,''))}"
         feat_dirs="${@" ".join(find_kernel_feature_dirs(d))}"
 
         # a quick check to make sure we don't have duplicate defconfigs