2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf b/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf
index 31f2f17fc8..507ac50eca 100644
--- a/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += " \
   phoronix-test-suite->php \
 "
 
+# Depends on ndctl (through nvdimm PACKAGECONFIG) which depends on MACHINE_ARCH kernel
+# and making libblockdev MACHINE_ARCH is not an option as python3-blivet, udisks2, gvfs
+# would be MACHINE_ARCH as well
+SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += " \
+  libblockdev->ndctl \
+"
 # ttf.inc inherits fontcache which adds fontconfig-utils to RDEPENDS
 SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += " \
   terminus-font->fontconfig \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v63.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v63.bb
index 1f3abf5143..61e53029b3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v63.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v63.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-test --enable-destructive --disable-docs"
 
+# Depends on MACHINE_ARCH kernel
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd','',d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--with-systemd, --without-systemd, systemd"