From 393b2270c4d894d229d7e72724cb19bc88a97801 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 18:30:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] package/linux-headers: Add support for custom license files The linux-headers package was not providing any license file for any version other than the latest one. Fix this by adding a Kconfig option to specify the license file, with a default value set to the commonly used license paths. For the headers-as-kernel case, use LINUX_LICENSE_FILES and disable the Kconfig option entirely. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (cherry picked from commit d94762640e7234ef60dbc5a8ed7380fa3549b24e) Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale --- package/linux-headers/Config.in.host | 10 ++++++++++ package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk | 7 +------ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host index c3b530a2b8..6f46ace4aa 100644 --- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host +++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host @@ -438,3 +438,13 @@ config BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_HEADERS default "custom" if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_TARBALL default BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION \ if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_GIT + +config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_LICENSE_FILES + string "Kernel headers license files" if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION || \ + BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_TARBALL || \ + BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_GIT + default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LICENSE_FILES if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_AS_KERNEL + 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 headers. diff --git a/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk b/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk index b4b5a5b47d..15724090ce 100644 --- a/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk +++ b/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk @@ -111,12 +111,7 @@ endif LINUX_HEADERS_DL_SUBDIR = linux LINUX_HEADERS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 -ifeq ($(BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_LATEST),y) -LINUX_HEADERS_LICENSE_FILES = \ - COPYING \ - LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 \ - LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note -endif +LINUX_HEADERS_LICENSE_FILES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_LICENSE_FILES)) LINUX_HEADERS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = linux LINUX_HEADERS_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = linux_kernel