diff --git a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
index 0f9ed8a299..b8dea64038 100644
--- a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
+++ b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 screen keyboard pci usbhost ext2 ext3 x86 \
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "bzImage"
 
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-stable"
+#PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers-yocto"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libdrm = "libdrm-poulsbo"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_drm = "libdrm-poulsbo"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libx11 = "libx11-trim"
diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e820122ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+S = "${WORKDIR}/linux"
+
+# Determine which branch to fetch and build. Not all branches are in the
+# upstream repo (but will be locally created after the fetchers run) so 
+# a fallback branch needs to be chosen. 
+#
+# The default machine 'UNDEFINED'. If the machine is not set to a specific
+# branch in this recipe or in a recipe extension, then we fallback to a 
+# branch that is always present 'standard'. This sets the KBRANCH variable
+# and is used in the SRC_URI. The machine is then set back to ${MACHINE},
+# since futher processing will use that to create local branches
+python __anonymous () {
+    import bb, re
+
+    version = bb.data.getVar("LINUX_VERSION", d, 1)
+    # 2.6.34 signifies the old-style tree, so we need some temporary
+    # conditional processing based on the kernel version.
+    if version == "2.6.34":
+        bb.data.setVar("KBRANCH", "${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}", d)
+        bb.data.setVar("KMETA", "wrs_meta", d)
+        mach = bb.data.getVar("KMACHINE", d, 1)
+        if mach == "UNDEFINED":
+            bb.data.setVar("KBRANCH", "standard", d)
+            bb.data.setVar("KMACHINE", "${MACHINE}", d)
+            # track the global configuration on a bootstrapped BSP
+            bb.data.setVar("SRCREV_machine", "${SRCREV_meta}", d)
+            bb.data.setVar("BOOTSTRAP", "t", d)
+    else:
+        # The branch for a build is:
+        #    yocto/<kernel type>/${KMACHINE} or
+        #    yocto/<kernel type>/${KMACHINE}/base
+        bb.data.setVar("KBRANCH", bb.data.expand("yocto/${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}/${KMACHINE}",d), d)
+        bb.data.setVar("KMETA", "meta", d)
+
+        mach = bb.data.getVar("KMACHINE", d, 1)
+        # drop the "/base" if it was on the KMACHINE
+        kmachine = mach.replace('/base','')
+        # and then write KMACHINE back
+        bb.data.setVar('KMACHINE_' + bb.data.expand("${MACHINE}",d), kmachine, d)
+
+        if mach == "UNDEFINED":
+            bb.data.setVar("KBRANCH", "yocto/standard/base", d)
+            bb.data.setVar('KMACHINE_' + bb.data.expand("${MACHINE}",d), bb.data.expand("${MACHINE}",d), d)
+            bb.data.setVar("SRCREV_machine", "standard", d)
+            bb.data.setVar("BOOTSTRAP", "t", d)
+}
+
+do_patch() {
+	cd ${S}
+	if [ -f ${WORKDIR}/defconfig ]; then
+	    defconfig=${WORKDIR}/defconfig
+	fi
+
+	if [ -n "${BOOTSTRAP}" ]; then
+	    kbranch="yocto/${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}/${KMACHINE}"
+	else
+	    kbranch=${KBRANCH}
+	fi
+
+	# simply ensures that a branch of the right name has been created
+	createme ${ARCH} ${kbranch} ${defconfig}
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "ERROR. Could not create ${kbranch}"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	# updates or generates the target description
+	if [ -n "${KERNEL_FEATURES}" ]; then
+	       addon_features="--features ${KERNEL_FEATURES}"
+	fi
+	updateme ${addon_features} ${ARCH} ${WORKDIR}
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "ERROR. Could not update ${kbranch}"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	# executes and modifies the source tree as required
+	patchme ${kbranch}
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "ERROR. Could not modify ${kbranch}"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+do_kernel_checkout() {
+	if [ -d ${WORKDIR}/.git/refs/remotes/origin ]; then
+		echo "Fixing up git directory for ${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}/${KMACHINE}"
+		rm -rf ${S}
+		mkdir ${S}
+		mv ${WORKDIR}/.git ${S}
+	
+		if [ -e ${S}/.git/packed-refs ]; then
+			cd ${S}
+			rm -f .git/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
+IFS='
+';
+			for r in `git show-ref | grep remotes`; do
+				ref=`echo $r | cut -d' ' -f1`; 
+				b=`echo $r | cut -d' ' -f2 | sed 's%refs/remotes/origin/%%'`;
+				dir=`dirname $b`
+				mkdir -p .git/refs/heads/$dir
+				echo $ref > .git/refs/heads/$b
+			done
+			cd ..
+		else
+			cp -r ${S}/.git/refs/remotes/origin/* ${S}/.git/refs/heads
+			rmdir ${S}/.git/refs/remotes/origin
+		fi
+	fi
+	cd ${S}
+
+	# checkout and clobber and unimportant files
+	git checkout -f ${KBRANCH}
+}
+do_kernel_checkout[dirs] = "${S}"
+
+addtask kernel_checkout before do_patch after do_unpack
+
+do_kernel_configme() {
+	echo "[INFO] doing kernel configme"
+
+	cd ${S}
+	configme --reconfig
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "ERROR. Could not configure ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "# Global settings from linux recipe" >> ${B}/.config
+	echo "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="\"${LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION}\" >> ${B}/.config
+}
+
+do_kernel_configcheck() {
+	echo "[INFO] validating kernel configuration"
+	cd ${B}/..
+	kconf_check ${B}/.config ${B} ${S} ${B} ${LINUX_VERSION} ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}
+}
+
+
+# Ensure that the branches (BSP and meta) are on the locatios specified by
+# their SRCREV values. If they are NOT on the right commits, the branches
+# are reset to the correct commit.
+do_validate_branches() {
+	cd ${S}
+ 	branch_head=`git show-ref -s --heads ${KBRANCH}`
+ 	meta_head=`git show-ref -s --heads ${KMETA}`
+ 	target_branch_head="${SRCREV_machine}"
+ 	target_meta_head="${SRCREV_meta}"
+
+	# nothing to do if bootstrapping
+ 	if [ -n "${BOOTSTRAP}" ]; then
+ 	 	return
+ 	fi
+
+	current=`git branch |grep \*|sed 's/^\* //'`
+	if [ -n "$target_branch_head" ] && [ "$branch_head" != "$target_branch_head" ]; then
+		if [ -n "${KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING}" ]; then
+			git show ${target_branch_head} > /dev/null 2>&1
+			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+				echo "Forcing branch $current to ${target_branch_head}"
+				git branch -m $current $current-orig
+				git checkout -b $current ${target_branch_head}
+			else
+				echo "ERROR ${target_branch_head} is not a valid commit ID."
+				echo "The kernel source tree may be out of sync"
+				exit 1
+			fi	       
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$meta_head" != "$target_meta_head" ]; then
+		if [ -n "${KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING}" ]; then
+			git show ${target_meta_head} > /dev/null 2>&1
+			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+				echo "Forcing branch meta to ${target_meta_head}"
+				git branch -m ${KMETA} ${KMETA}-orig
+				git checkout -b ${KMETA} ${target_meta_head}
+			else
+				echo "ERROR ${target_meta_head} is not a valid commit ID"
+				echo "The kernel source tree may be out of sync"
+				exit 1
+			fi	   
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# restore the branch for builds
+	git checkout -f ${KBRANCH}
+}
+
+# Many scripts want to look in arch/$arch/boot for the bootable
+# image. This poses a problem for vmlinux based booting. This 
+# task arranges to have vmlinux appear in the normalized directory
+# location.
+do_kernel_link_vmlinux() {
+	if [ ! -d "${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot" ]; then
+		mkdir ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot
+	fi
+	cd ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot
+	ln -sf ../../../vmlinux
+}
+
+
diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-default-revisions.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-default-revisions.inc
index 58a0a3d516..81c39ab96a 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-default-revisions.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-default-revisions.inc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ SRCREV_pn-gypsy ??= "147"
 SRCREV_pn-inputproto ??= "7203036522ba9d4b224d282d6afc2d0b947711ee"
 SRCREV_pn-inputproto-native ??= "7203036522ba9d4b224d282d6afc2d0b947711ee"
 SRCREV_pn-inputproto-nativesdk ??= "7203036522ba9d4b224d282d6afc2d0b947711ee"
-SRCREV_pn-kern-tools-native ??= "9722d8decacd2b750f079b3fde7918810700f80e"
+SRCREV_pn-kern-tools-native ??= "c85dcdd2dc50d71476a11c2960bf14c2b144b3c7"
 SRCREV_pn-libdrm ??= "3f3c5be6f908272199ccf53f108b1124bfe0a00e"
 SRCREV_pn-libfakekey ??= "2031"
 SRCREV_pn-libgdbus ??= "aeab6e3c0185b271ca343b439470491b99cc587f"
@@ -84,17 +84,29 @@ SRCREV_pn-linux-omap-zoomsync ??= "015cbaf1035cd9a61d33a27de2a22902555db3c5"
 SRCREV_pn-linux-omap2 ??= "d3b3ae0fe6c71641da19c8de466ec366d39847e3"
 SRCREV_pn-linux-omap3 ??= "de1121fdb899f762b9e717f44eaf3fae7c00cd3e"
 SRCREV_pn-linux-omap3-pm ??= "totallybroken"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemuarm ?= "4f4177b4bea5b8858acc1eeb788d80b7af0df962"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemumips ?= "81f3cd467b9d51fa1dfa2d5939337cc756ae8061"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemuppc ?= "9ac0daee43dd19d8bea828cf79450c9748ae0daa"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemux86 ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemux86-64 ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_emenlow ?= "aae69fdf104b0a9d7b3710f808aac6ab303490f7"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_atom-pc ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_routerstationpro ?= "2ec2edaf256dd8500ee3d4763fee6ca3ecd6da4b"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_mpc8315e-rdb ?= "986e6eb66c26007cee7916d5d12f4756e6b5436f"
-SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_beagleboard ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
-SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto ?= "d1cd5c80ee97e81e130be8c3de3965b770f320d6"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_qemuarm ?= "4f4177b4bea5b8858acc1eeb788d80b7af0df962"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_qemumips ?= "81f3cd467b9d51fa1dfa2d5939337cc756ae8061"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_qemuppc ?= "9ac0daee43dd19d8bea828cf79450c9748ae0daa"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_qemux86 ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_qemux86-64 ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_emenlow ?= "aae69fdf104b0a9d7b3710f808aac6ab303490f7"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_atom-pc ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_routerstationpro ?= "2ec2edaf256dd8500ee3d4763fee6ca3ecd6da4b"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_mpc8315e-rdb ?= "986e6eb66c26007cee7916d5d12f4756e6b5436f"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-stable_beagleboard ?= "0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26"
+SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-stable ?= "d1cd5c80ee97e81e130be8c3de3965b770f320d6"
+# development SRCREVs
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemuarm = "87e00a2d47ba80b4ad1f9170cb3f6cf81f21d739"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemumips = "7231e473dd981a28e3cea9f677ed60583e731550"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemuppc = "3ab3559637130b65d8889fa74286fdb57935726f"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemux86 = "87aacc373557f8849dde8618fbe1f7f8f2af6038"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_qemux86-64 = "87aacc373557f8849dde8618fbe1f7f8f2af6038"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_emenlow = "87aacc373557f8849dde8618fbe1f7f8f2af6038"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_atom-pc = "87aacc373557f8849dde8618fbe1f7f8f2af6038"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_routerstationpro = "773d3a1c8eba563ffcdbf61057ef6e39cee0c88b"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_mpc8315e-rdb = "5ff609967ffe87c49d534d7861a7e0b150517726"
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_beagleboard = "87aacc373557f8849dde8618fbe1f7f8f2af6038"
+SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto ?= "ee0a10ab687b29c4d22d47e5b28bc8b3ebb7a8d9"
 SRCREV_pn-linux-libc-headers-yocto ??= "09a39c638dd65dc27c549c119abe1af2631b2ae0"
 SRCREV_pn-matchbox-config-gtk ??= "2081"
 SRCREV_pn-matchbox-desktop-sato ??= "76"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf b/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
index 7ca952a0a2..8cf09b811e 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 screen keyboard pci usbhost ext2 ext3 x86 wifi \
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "bzImage"
 
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto-stable"
+#PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers-yocto"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libx11 ?= "libx11-trim"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libgl  ?= "mesa-dri"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver ?= "xserver-xf86-dri-lite"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/beagleboard.conf b/meta/conf/machine/beagleboard.conf
index 657bd366ca..1b73250c24 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/beagleboard.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/beagleboard.conf
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ EXTRA_IMAGECMD_jffs2 = "-lnp "
 # Guesswork
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS2"
 
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-stable"
+#PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers-yocto"
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "uImage"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
index 1b1b8881c6..502e24f770 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ RDEPENDS_kernel-base = ""
 
 # Use a common kernel recipe for all QEMU machines
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto"
+#PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers-yocto"
 
 EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "qemu-native qemu-helper-native"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf b/meta/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
index 334118668a..1b7982a5dd 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 keyboard pci ext2 ext3 serial"
 
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-stable"
+#PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers-yocto"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf b/meta/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf
index 485ee3c124..4f1bbbb2c7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 screen keyboard pci usbhost ext2 ext3 \
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux"
 KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux.bin"
 
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-stable"
+#PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers-yocto"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb
index 6ae6d5f642..3e3c1fa9ba 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 DEPENDS += "unifdef-native"
 PROVIDES = "linux-libc-headers"
 PV = "2.6.34+git-${SRCPV}"
-PR = "r0"
+PR = "r1"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-2.6-windriver.git;fullclone=1"
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ do_compile () {
 
 do_install() {
 	set_arch
-	oe_runmake headers_install_all INSTALL_HDR_PATH=${D}${exec_prefix} ARCH=$ARCH
+	oe_runmake headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=${D}${exec_prefix} ARCH=$ARCH
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..714207f860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# included by kernel recipes if they want to build/provide
+# perf functionality from their tree.
+
+do_compile_perf() {
+	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" prefix=${prefix}
+}
+
+do_install_perf() {
+	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" prefix=${prefix} DESTDIR=${D} install
+}
+
+
+# perf tasks
+addtask compile_perf after do_compile before do_install
+addtask install_perf after do_install before do_package do_deploy
+
+do_compile_perf[depends] =  "virtual/libc:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_compile_perf[depends] =+ "elfutils:do_populate_sysroot"
+RDEPENDS_perf += "python perl elfutils"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-stable_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-stable_git.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ecd86fa9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-stable_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+inherit kernel
+require linux-yocto.inc
+
+KMACHINE_qemux86  = "common_pc/base"
+KMACHINE_qemux86-64  = "common_pc_64"
+KMACHINE_qemuppc  = "qemu_ppc32"
+KMACHINE_qemumips = "mti_malta32_be"
+KMACHINE_qemuarm  = "arm_versatile_926ejs"
+KMACHINE_atom-pc  = "atom-pc"
+KMACHINE_routerstationpro = "routerstationpro"
+KMACHINE_mpc8315e-rdb = "fsl-mpc8315e-rdb"
+KMACHINE_beagleboard = "beagleboard"
+
+LINUX_VERSION ?= "2.6.34"
+LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
+PR = "r0"
+PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
+SRCREV_FORMAT = "meta_machine"
+
+# this performs a fixup on the SRCREV for new/undefined BSPs
+python __anonymous () {
+    import bb, re
+
+    rev = bb.data.getVar("SRCREV_machine", d, 1)
+    if rev == "standard":
+        bb.data.setVar("SRCREV_machine", "${SRCREV_meta}", d)
+}
+
+SRC_URI = "git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-2.6-windriver.git;protocol=git;fullclone=1;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine \
+           git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-2.6-windriver.git;protocol=git;noclone=1;branch=wrs_meta;name=meta"
+
+
+# Functionality flags
+KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING ?= "t"
+KERNEL_FEATURES=features/netfilter
+
+# extra tasks
+addtask kernel_link_vmlinux after do_compile before do_install
+addtask validate_branches before do_patch after do_kernel_checkout
+
+require linux-tools.inc
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..095b3375fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Yocto Kernel"
+SECTION = "kernel"
+LICENSE = "GPL"
+
+# A KMACHINE is the mapping of a yocto $MACHINE to what is built
+# by the kernel. This is typically the branch that should be built,
+# and it can be specific to the machine or shared
+KMACHINE = "UNDEFINED"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemux86-64|atom-pc|routerstationpro)"
+
+# Set this to 'preempt_rt' in the local.conf if you want a real time kernel
+LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE ?= standard
+
+do_patch[depends] = "kern-tools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+
+addtask kernel_configme before do_configure after do_patch
+addtask kernel_configcheck after do_configure before do_compile
+
+# Pick up shared functions
+inherit kernel-yocto
+
+B = "${WORKDIR}/linux-${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}-build"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_git.bb
index ef005aefca..1e3df478eb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_git.bb
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Yocto Kernel"
-SECTION = "kernel"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+inherit kernel
+require linux-yocto.inc
 
-# Set this to 'preempt_rt' in the local.conf if you want a real time kernel
-LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE ?= standard
-SRCREV_FORMAT = "meta_machine"
-PV = "2.6.34+git${SRCPV}"
-
-# To use a staged, on-disk bare clone of a Wind River Kernel, use a 
-# variant of the below
-# SRC_URI = "git://///path/to/kernel/default_kernel.git;fullclone=1"
-SRC_URI = "git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-2.6-windriver.git;protocol=git;fullclone=1;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine \
-           git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-2.6-windriver.git;protocol=git;noclone=1;branch=wrs_meta;name=meta"
-
-# map the poky machine to a 'kernel machine'
-KMACHINE = "UNDEFINED"
-KMACHINE_qemux86  = "common_pc"
+KMACHINE_qemux86  = "common_pc/base"
 KMACHINE_qemux86-64  = "common_pc_64"
 KMACHINE_qemuppc  = "qemu_ppc32"
 KMACHINE_qemumips = "mti_malta32_be"
@@ -25,199 +11,22 @@ KMACHINE_routerstationpro = "routerstationpro"
 KMACHINE_mpc8315e-rdb = "fsl-mpc8315e-rdb"
 KMACHINE_beagleboard = "beagleboard"
 
-# Determine which branch to fetch and build. Not all branches are in the
-# upstream repo (but will be locally created after the fetchers run) so 
-# a fallback branch needs to be chosen. 
-#
-# The default machine 'UNDEFINED'. If the machine is not set to a specific
-# branch in this recipe or in a recipe extension, then we fallback to a 
-# branch that is always present 'standard'. This sets the KBRANCH variable
-# and is used in the SRC_URI. The machine is then set back to ${MACHINE},
-# since futher processing will use that to create local branches
-python __anonymous () {
-    import bb, re
+LINUX_VERSION ?= "2.6.37"
+LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
+PR = "r14"
+PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
+SRCREV_FORMAT = "meta_machine"
 
-    bb.data.setVar("KBRANCH", "${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}", d)
-    mach = bb.data.getVar("KMACHINE", d, 1)
-    if mach == "UNDEFINED":
-        bb.data.setVar("KBRANCH", "standard", d)
-        bb.data.setVar("KMACHINE", "${MACHINE}", d)
-        # track the global configuration on a bootstrapped BSP
-        bb.data.setVar("SRCREV_machine", "${SRCREV_meta}", d)
-        bb.data.setVar("BOOTSTRAP", "t", d)
-}
+SRC_URI = "git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-yocto-2.6.37;protocol=git;fullclone=1;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine \
+           git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-yocto-2.6.37;protocol=git;noclone=1;branch=meta;name=meta"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemux86-64|atom-pc|routerstationpro|mpc8315e-rdb|beagleboard)"
 
-LINUX_VERSION = "v2.6.34"
-LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION = "-wr-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
-PR = "r13"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/linux"
-B = "${WORKDIR}/linux-${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}-build"
-
-# functionality flags
+# Functionality flags
 KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING ?= "t"
 KERNEL_FEATURES=features/netfilter
 
-do_patch() {
-	cd ${S}
-	if [ -f ${WORKDIR}/defconfig ]; then
-	    defconfig=${WORKDIR}/defconfig
-	fi
-
-	# simply ensures that a branch of the right name has been created
-	createme ${ARCH} ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE} ${defconfig}
-	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR. Could not create ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-        # updates or generates the target description
-	if [ -n "${KERNEL_FEATURES}" ]; then
-	       addon_features="--features ${KERNEL_FEATURES}"
-	fi
-	updateme ${addon_features} ${ARCH} ${WORKDIR}
-	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR. Could not update ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# executes and modifies the source tree as required
-	patchme ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}
-	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR. Could not modify ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-}
-
-validate_branches() {
-	branch_head=`git show-ref -s --heads ${KBRANCH}`
-	meta_head=`git show-ref -s --heads wrs_meta`
-	target_branch_head="${SRCREV_machine}"
-	target_meta_head="${SRCREV_meta}"
-
-	if [ -n "$target_branch_head" ] && [ "$branch_head" != "$target_branch_head" ]; then
-		if [ -n "${KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING}" ]; then
-			git show ${target_branch_head} > /dev/null 2>&1
-			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-				echo "Forcing branch ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE} to ${target_branch_head}"
-				git branch -m ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE} ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}-orig
-				git checkout -b ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE} ${target_branch_head}
-			else
-				echo "ERROR ${target_branch_head} is not a valid commit ID."
-				echo "The kernel source tree may be out of sync"
-				exit 1
-			fi	       
-		fi
-	fi
-
-	if [ "$meta_head" != "$target_meta_head" ]; then
-		if [ -n "${KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING}" ]; then
-			git show ${target_meta_head} > /dev/null 2>&1
-			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-				echo "Forcing branch wrs_meta to ${target_meta_head}"
-				git branch -m wrs_meta wrs_meta-orig
-				git checkout -b wrs_meta ${target_meta_head}
-			else
-				echo "ERROR ${target_meta_head} is not a valid commit ID"
-				echo "The kernel source tree may be out of sync"
-				exit 1
-			fi	   
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-do_kernel_checkout() {
-	if [ -d ${WORKDIR}/.git/refs/remotes/origin ]; then
-		echo "Fixing up git directory for ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
-		rm -rf ${S}
-		mkdir ${S}
-		mv ${WORKDIR}/.git ${S}
-	
-		if [ -e ${S}/.git/packed-refs ]; then
-			cd ${S}
-			rm -f .git/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
-IFS='
-';
-
-			for r in `git show-ref | grep remotes`; do
-				ref=`echo $r | cut -d' ' -f1`; 
-				b=`echo $r | cut -d'/' -f4`;
-				echo $ref > .git/refs/heads/$b
-			done
-			cd ..
-		else
-			mv ${S}/.git/refs/remotes/origin/* ${S}/.git/refs/heads
-			rmdir ${S}/.git/refs/remotes/origin
-		fi
-	fi
-	cd ${S}
-
-	# checkout and clobber and unimportant files
-	git checkout -f ${KBRANCH}
-	
-	if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP}" ]; then
-		validate_branches
-	fi
-
-	# this second checkout is intentional, we want to leave ourselves
-	# on the branch to be built, but validate_branches could have changed
-	# our initial checkout. So we do it a second time to be sure
-	git checkout -f ${KBRANCH}
-}
-do_kernel_checkout[dirs] = "${S}"
-
-addtask kernel_checkout before do_patch after do_unpack
-
-do_kernel_configme() {
-	echo "Doing kernel configme"
-
-	cd ${S}
-	configme --reconfig
-	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR. Could not configure ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	echo "# CONFIG_WRNOTE is not set" >> ${B}/.config
-	echo "# Global settings from linux recipe" >> ${B}/.config
-	echo "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="\"${LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION}\" >> ${B}/.config
-}
-
-do_kernel_configcheck() {
-	echo "[INFO] validating kernel configuration"
-	cd ${B}/..
-	kconf_check ${B}/.config ${B} ${S} ${B} ${LINUX_VERSION} ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}
-}
-
-do_kernel_link_vmlinux() {
-	if [ ! -d "${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot" ]; then
-		mkdir ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot
-	fi
-	cd ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot
-	ln -sf ../../../vmlinux
-}
-
-do_compile_perf() {
-	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" prefix=${prefix}
-}
-
-do_install_perf() {
-	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" prefix=${prefix} DESTDIR=${D} install
-}
-
-do_patch[depends] = "kern-tools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
-addtask kernel_configme before do_configure after do_patch
+# extra tasks
 addtask kernel_link_vmlinux after do_compile before do_install
-addtask kernel_configcheck after do_configure before do_compile
+addtask validate_branches before do_patch after do_kernel_checkout
 
-inherit kernel
-
-# perf tasks
-addtask compile_perf after do_compile before do_install
-addtask install_perf after do_install before do_package do_deploy
-
-do_compile_perf[depends] =  "virtual/libc:do_populate_sysroot"
-do_compile_perf[depends] =+ "elfutils:do_populate_sysroot"
-RDEPENDS_perf += "python perl elfutils"
+require linux-tools.inc