1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
index ce8f96f65b..f73965b13f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ python __anonymous () {
         depends = d.getVar("DEPENDS", True)
         depends = "%s u-boot-mkimage-native" % depends
         d.setVar("DEPENDS", depends)
+
+        # Override KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE variable, which is internal
+        # to kernel.bbclass . We override the variable here, since we need
+        # to build uImage using the kernel build system if and only if
+        # KEEPUIMAGE == yes. Otherwise, we pack compressed vmlinux into
+        # the uImage .
+        if d.getVar("KEEPUIMAGE", True) != 'yes':
+            d.setVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE", "zImage")
 }
 
 do_uboot_mkimage() {