1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 7dc9cc6e42..386b05e57a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ kernel_do_install() {
         find $kerneldir -path $kerneldir/scripts -prune -o -name "*.[csS]" -exec rm '{}' \;
         find $kerneldir/Documentation -name "*.txt" -exec rm '{}' \;
 
+        # As of Linux kernel version 3.0.1, the clean target removes
+        # arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o which is present in
+        # KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE, making it required to build external modules.
+        if [ ${ARCH} = "powerpc" ]; then
+                cp arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o $kerneldir/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
+        fi
+
         # Remove the following binaries which cause strip errors
         # during do_package for cross-compiled platforms
         bin_files="arch/powerpc/boot/addnote arch/powerpc/boot/hack-coff \