From your logs: ~ $ grep PATCHDIR log-build-5be2103c-d2b7-414e-ba03-19e87beec54b.log
--> (2) CHANGE-TRACKING: change-tracking: after sourcing family config [ BOOTPATCHDIR='u-boot-rockchip64' ]
--> (3) INFO: KERNELPATCHDIR is unset; using 'archive/rockchip64-6.18' [ common_defaults_for_mainline ]
--> (3) CHANGE-TRACKING: change-tracking: after late_family_config hooks [ KERNELPATCHDIR='archive/rockchip64-6.18' ]As your build has a RK3568, I think you should be using rockchip64, not rockchip. Not that it should matter, but you should be able to put your kernel patches in archive/rockchip64-6.18 And more than likely, it's using a rockchip specific u-boot, which needs its own patch directory.