1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass b/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
index 4f2b0a4a98..89ce71605c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # parse kernel ABI version out of <linux/version.h>
-def get_kernelversion(p):
+def get_kernelversion_headers(p):
     import re
 
     fn = p + '/include/linux/utsrelease.h'
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ def get_kernelversion(p):
     if not os.path.isfile(fn):
         fn = p + '/include/linux/version.h'
 
-    import re
     try:
         f = open(fn, 'r')
     except IOError:
@@ -24,6 +23,16 @@ def get_kernelversion(p):
             return m.group(1)
     return None
 
+
+def get_kernelversion_file(p):
+    fn = p + '/kernel-abiversion'
+
+    try:
+        with open(fn, 'r') as f:
+            return f.readlines()[0].strip()
+    except IOError:
+        return None
+
 def linux_module_packages(s, d):
         suffix = ""
         return " ".join(map(lambda s: "kernel-module-%s%s" % (s.lower().replace('_', '-').replace('@', '+'), suffix), s.split()))