linux: Add support for custom license files

The Linux package was not providing any license file when a custom
Linux version was selected.

Fix this by adding a Kconfig option to specify the license file,
with a default value set to the commonly used license paths.

Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
[Arnout: use a single Kconfig option with conditional prompt]
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@rnout.be>
This commit is contained in:
Kory Maincent
2025-10-01 14:58:23 +00:00
committed by Arnout Vandecappelle
parent 9a1a71be21
commit 50958bcdac
2 changed files with 10 additions and 6 deletions

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@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION
default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION \
if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_HG || BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_SVN
config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LICENSE_FILES
string "Kernel license files" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_HG || \
BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_SVN || BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL
default "COPYING LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note"
help
A space-separated list of license files related to the Linux
kernel package.
#
# Patch selection
#

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@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@
LINUX_VERSION = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION))
LINUX_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION),y)
LINUX_LICENSE_FILES = \
COPYING \
LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 \
LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note
endif
LINUX_LICENSE_FILES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LICENSE_FILES))
LINUX_CPE_ID_VENDOR = linux
LINUX_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = linux_kernel
LINUX_CPE_ID_PREFIX = cpe:2.3:o