diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux%.bbappend b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux%.bbappend
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+kernel_do_deploy_append() {
+    # deploy an extra link containing abiversion - used by our
+    # card-kernel-write scripts
+    abilinkname=${type}-abiversion-${KERNEL_VERSION}
+    if [ -e $deployDir/${base_name}.bin ] ; then
+		ln -sf ${base_name}.bin $deployDir/${abilinkname}
+    fi
+}