1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
index 65cc48f304..e2187a73f0 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ def get_kernelversion_file(p):
     except IOError:
         return None
 
+def get_kernellocalversion_file(p):
+    fn = p + '/kernel-localversion'
+
+    try:
+        with open(fn, 'r') as f:
+            return f.readlines()[0].strip()
+    except IOError:
+        return ""
+
+    return ""
+
 def linux_module_packages(s, d):
     suffix = ""
     return " ".join(map(lambda s: "kernel-module-%s%s" % (s.lower().replace('_', '-').replace('@', '+'), suffix), s.split()))