Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] kernel-grub.bbclass: use KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME for the image packages

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, 2026-10-29 at 15:09 +0900, prasanth via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> kernel-grub adds its scriptlets to kernel-image-<type>, but kernel.bbclass
> names these packages ${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image-<type>. With another
> KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME the scriptlets go to a package that does not exist,
> so they never run and the GRUB menu is not updated on a kernel upgrade.
> 
> Use KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME, as kernel.bbclass and linux-dummy.bbclass do.
> 
> AI-Generated: Uses Claude
> Signed-off-by: Prasanth R <prasanth.r@lineo.co.jp>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     Checked with bitbake -e: with KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME set, the GRUB
>     scriptlets were set on kernel-image-<type>, which is not in PACKAGES. With this
>     patch they are on <KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME>-image-<type>; the default is unchanged.
> 
>  meta/classes-recipe/kernel-grub.bbclass | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-grub.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-grub.bbclass
> index 2325e635e1..7c6abc5b4f 100644
> --- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-grub.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-grub.bbclass
> @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ python __anonymous () {
>  	fi
>  '''
>  
> +    kname = d.getVar('KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME') or "kernel"


I'm afraid I'm not happy with that fallback default. If something does
change in the code paths later, I really want this to break, not have
inconsistent values. I'd therefore like to see a revised version of
this please.

Thanks,

Richard