diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/disable_man.patch b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/disable_man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daf58248b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/disable_man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# disable man page build
+#
+# by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 2010-07-21
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 6f83c12..32972a8 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -39,13 +39,12 @@ modindex_LDADD = $(LDADD) libmodtools.a
+ MAN5 = modprobe.conf.5 modules.dep.5 depmod.conf.5 modprobe.d.5
+ MAN8 = depmod.8 insmod.8 lsmod.8 rmmod.8 modprobe.8 modinfo.8
+ SGML = $(addprefix doc/,  $(MAN5:%.5=%.sgml) $(MAN8:%.8=%.sgml))
+-dist_man_MANS = $(MAN5) $(MAN8)
+ # If they haven't overridden mandir, fix it (never /man!)
+ mandir =$(shell if [ @mandir@ = $(prefix)/man ]; then if [ $(prefix) = / ]; then echo /usr/share/man; else echo $(prefix)/share/man; fi; else echo @mandir@; fi)
+ 
+ TESTSUITE := $(shell test -e @srcdir@/tests && find @srcdir@/tests -type f ! -name '*~')
+ 
+-EXTRA_DIST = generate-modprobe.conf FAQ CODING stress_modules.sh install-with-care $(SGML) $(man_MANS) $(TESTSUITE)
++EXTRA_DIST = generate-modprobe.conf FAQ CODING stress_modules.sh install-with-care
+ 
+ sbin_PROGRAMS = insmod modprobe rmmod depmod modinfo
+ if BUILD_STATIC_UTILS
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/ignore_arch_directory b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/ignore_arch_directory
deleted file mode 100644
index 185ea7a3a5..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/ignore_arch_directory
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN module-init-tools-3.1-pre6.orig/modprobe.8 module-init-tools-3.1-pre6/modprobe.8
---- module-init-tools-3.2-pre7/modprobe.8.orig     2005-07-05 13:52:32.000000000 +0200
-+++ module-init-tools-3.2-pre7/modprobe.8  2005-07-05 13:52:42.000000000 +0200
-@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
- \fI/etc/modprobe.conf\fR configuration file and
- \fI/etc/modprobe.d\fR directory
- (see \fBmodprobe.conf\fR(5)).
-+All files in the \fI/etc/modprobe.d/arch/\fR directory are ignored.
- .PP
- Note that this version of \fBmodprobe\fR does not
- do anything to the module itself: the work of resolving symbols
---- module-init-tools-3.2-pre7/modprobe.c.orig	2005-07-05 13:50:00.000000000 +0200
-+++ module-init-tools-3.2-pre7/modprobe.c	2005-07-05 13:50:15.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1158,6 +1158,10 @@
- 	DIR *dir;
- 	int ret = 0;
- 
-+	/* ignore everything in this directory */
-+	if (streq(filename, "/etc/modprobe.d/arch"))
-+		return 1;
-+
- 	/* Reiser4 has file/directory duality: treat it as both. */
- 	dir = opendir(filename);
- 	if (dir) {
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/ignore_arch_directory.patch b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/ignore_arch_directory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b30824802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/ignore_arch_directory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# not sure the reason yet. Keep for a while and verify later.
+#
+# comments added by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 2010-07-21
+
+diff -ruN module-init-tools-3.12.orig/modprobe.8 module-init-tools-3.12/modprobe.8
+--- module-init-tools-3.12/modprobe.8.orig
++++ module-init-tools-3.12/modprobe.8
+@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+ (see \fBmodprobe.conf\fR(5)). \fBmodprobe\fR will also use module
+ options specified on the kernel command line in the form of
+ <module>\&.<option>\&.
++All files in the \fI/etc/modprobe.d/arch/\fR directory are ignored.
+ .PP
+ Note that unlike in 2.4 series Linux kernels (which are not supported
+ by this tool) this version of \fBmodprobe\fR does not
+--- module-init-tools-3.12/modprobe.c.orig
++++ module-init-tools-3.12/modprobe.c
+@@ -1052,6 +1052,10 @@
+ 	DIR *dir;
+ 	int ret = 0;
+ 
++	/* ignore everything in this directory */
++	if (streq(filename, "/etc/modprobe.d/arch"))
++		return 1;
++
+ 	dir = opendir(filename);
+ 	if (dir) {
+ 		struct file_entry {
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/manpagesopt b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/manpagesopt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d5cac609e..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/manpagesopt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-Index: module-init-tools-3.2-pre9/configure.in
-===================================================================
---- module-init-tools-3.2-pre9.orig/configure.in	2005-08-09 04:31:26.000000000 +0000
-+++ module-init-tools-3.2-pre9/configure.in	2005-09-20 22:06:10.000000000 +0000
-@@ -41,5 +41,14 @@
- fi])
- AC_SUBST(MODULE_DIR)
- 
--AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])
-+AC_ARG_ENABLE(manpages,
-+[  --disable-manpages      Disable man page generation.],
-+[if test x"$enableval" != x"no"; then
-+  enable_manpages=yes
-+else
-+  enable_manpages=no
-+fi],
-+[enable_manpages=yes])
-+AM_CONDITIONAL([MANPAGES], test x"$enable_manpages" = x"yes")
- 
-+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])
-Index: module-init-tools-3.2-pre9/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- module-init-tools-3.2-pre9.orig/Makefile.am	2005-08-09 04:54:28.000000000 +0000
-+++ module-init-tools-3.2-pre9/Makefile.am	2005-09-20 22:09:03.000000000 +0000
-@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
- MAN5 = modprobe.conf.5 modules.dep.5
- MAN8 = depmod.8 insmod.8 lsmod.8 rmmod.8 modprobe.8 modinfo.8
- SGML = $(addprefix doc/,  $(MAN5:%.5=%.sgml) $(MAN8:%.8=%.sgml))
--man_MANS = $(MAN5) $(MAN8)
- # If they haven't overridden mandir, fix it (never /man!)
- mandir =$(shell if [ @mandir@ = $(prefix)/man ]; then if [ $(prefix) = / ]; then echo /usr/share/man; else echo $(prefix)/share/man; fi; else echo @mandir@; fi)
- 
- TESTSUITE := $(shell find tests -type f ! -name '*~') tests/vg-suppressions
- 
--EXTRA_DIST = generate-modprobe.conf modprobe.devfs FAQ CODING stress_modules.sh install-with-care $(SGML) $(man_MANS) $(TESTSUITE)
-+if MANPAGES
-+man_MANS = $(MAN5) $(MAN8)
-+endif
- 
- sbin_PROGRAMS = insmod modprobe rmmod depmod modinfo insmod.static
- bin_PROGRAMS = lsmod
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/module-init-tools-remove-index.patch b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/module-init-tools-remove-index.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c56532e007..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/module-init-tools-remove-index.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-http://uclibc.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/buildroot/package/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-remove-index.patch?rev=16782&view=auto
-
-diff -ur module-init-tools-3.2.2/modprobe.c module-init-tools-3.2.2-patched/modprobe.c
---- module-init-tools-3.2.2/modprobe.c	2005-12-01 17:42:09.000000000 -0600
-+++ module-init-tools-3.2.2-patched/modprobe.c	2006-12-04 19:50:50.353237649 -0600
-@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
- 	char *modname;
- 
- 	/* Ignore lines without : or which start with a # */
--	ptr = index(line, ':');
-+	ptr = strchr(line, ':');
- 	if (ptr == NULL || line[strspn(line, "\t ")] == '#')
- 		return 0;
- 
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/modutils_extension b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/modutils_extension
deleted file mode 100644
index fd84ca2550..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/modutils_extension
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
---- module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.orig/depmod.c
-+++ module-init-tools-3.0-pre10/depmod.c
-@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@
- {
- 	char *sep;
- 	char pathname[strlen(argv[0])+1];
--	char oldname[strlen("depmod") + strlen(argv[0]) + sizeof(".old")];
-+	char oldname[strlen("depmod") + strlen(argv[0]) + sizeof(".24")];
- 
- 	memset(pathname, 0, strlen(argv[0])+1);
- 	sep = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
- 	if (sep)
- 		memcpy(pathname, argv[0], sep - argv[0]+1);
--	sprintf(oldname, "%s%s.old", pathname, "depmod");
-+	sprintf(oldname, "%s%s.24", pathname, "depmod");
- 
- 	/* Recursion detection: we need an env var since we can't
- 	   change argv[0] (as older modutils uses it to determine
---- module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.orig/backwards_compat.c
-+++ module-init-tools-3.0-pre10/backwards_compat.c
-@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
- 	pid_t pid;
- 	char ascii_pid[32];
- 	char pathname[strlen(argv[0])+1];
--	char oldname[strlen(progname) + strlen(argv[0]) + sizeof(".old")];
-+	char oldname[strlen(progname) + strlen(argv[0]) + sizeof(".24")];
- 
- 	memset(pathname, 0, strlen(argv[0])+1);
- 	sep = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
- 	if (sep)
- 		memcpy(pathname, argv[0], sep - argv[0]+1);
--	sprintf(oldname, "%s%s.old", pathname, progname);
-+	sprintf(oldname, "%s%s.24", pathname, progname);
- 
- 	/* Recursion detection: we need an env var since we can't
- 	   change argv[0] (as older modutils uses it to determine
---- module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.orig/generate-modprobe.conf
-+++ module-init-tools-3.0-pre10/generate-modprobe.conf
-@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
-     cp $TESTING_MODPROBE_CONF $MODPROBECONF
- elif [ "$STDIN" = "1" ]; then
-     cat > $MODPROBECONF
--elif [ -x /sbin/modprobe.old ]; then
-+elif [ -x /sbin/modprobe.24 ]; then
-     # In sbin.
--    /sbin/modprobe.old -c > $MODPROBECONF
--elif modprobe.old -c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-+    /sbin/modprobe.24 -c > $MODPROBECONF
-+elif modprobe.24 -c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-     # Somewhere in path.
--    modprobe.old -c > $MODPROBECONF
-+    modprobe.24 -c > $MODPROBECONF
- elif /sbin/modprobe -V 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'modprobe version'; then
-     # Running /sbin/modprobe gives old version.
-     /sbin/modprobe -c > $MODPROBECONF
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/modutils_extension.patch b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/modutils_extension.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..128c9531a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/modutils_extension.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# poky uses new name to differentiate from modutils, so reflect this new name in source
+#
+# comment added by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 2010-07-21
+--- module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.orig/generate-modprobe.conf
++++ module-init-tools-3.0-pre10/generate-modprobe.conf
+@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
+     cp $TESTING_MODPROBE_CONF $MODPROBECONF
+ elif [ "$STDIN" = "1" ]; then
+     cat > $MODPROBECONF
+-elif [ -x /sbin/modprobe.old ]; then
++elif [ -x /sbin/modprobe.24 ]; then
+     # In sbin.
+-    /sbin/modprobe.old -c > $MODPROBECONF || modprobe_abort
+-elif modprobe.old -c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
++    /sbin/modprobe.24 -c > $MODPROBECONF || modprobe_abort
++elif modprobe.24 -c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+     # Somewhere in path.
+-    modprobe.old -c > $MODPROBECONF || modprobe_abort
++    modprobe.24 -c > $MODPROBECONF || modprobe_abort
+ elif /sbin/modprobe -V 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'modprobe version'; then
+     # Running /sbin/modprobe gives old version.
+     /sbin/modprobe -c > $MODPROBECONF || modprobe_abort
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/no-static-binaries.patch b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/no-static-binaries.patch
index a9fbb27bf6..ca83ec0755 100644
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/no-static-binaries.patch
+++ b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/no-static-binaries.patch
@@ -3,25 +3,21 @@
 # so this patch just removes it.
 #
 # - jdike@linux.intel.com
+#
+# Change to a simpler method by just disabling static link flag, since even
+# removing those lines don't prevent insmod.static from compile
+#
+# by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 2010-07-21
 
 Index: module-init-tools-3.2.2/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
 --- module-init-tools-3.2.2.orig/Makefile.am	2010-05-26 15:43:16.000000000 -0400
 +++ module-init-tools-3.2.2/Makefile.am	2010-05-26 16:04:06.232990785 -0400
-@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@ rmmod_SOURCES = rmmod.c testing.h
- depmod_SOURCES = depmod.c moduleops.c tables.c zlibsupport.c depmod.h moduleops.h tables.h list.h testing.h  zlibsupport.h
- modinfo_SOURCES = modinfo.c zlibsupport.c testing.h zlibsupport.h
+@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
+ modindex_SOURCES = modindex.c zlibsupport.c zlibsupport.h testing.h
  
--insmod_static_SOURCES = insmod.c
+ insmod_static_SOURCES = insmod.c
 -insmod_static_LDFLAGS = -static
--# We don't want the $(zlib_flags) here: that makes a dynamic executable
--insmod_static_LDADD = 
--
- EXTRA_insmod_SOURCES = backwards_compat.c
- EXTRA_lsmod_SOURCES = backwards_compat.c
- EXTRA_modprobe_SOURCES = backwards_compat.c
- EXTRA_rmmod_SOURCES = backwards_compat.c
--EXTRA_insmod_static_SOURCES = backwards_compat.c
- EXTRA_depmod_SOURCES = moduleops_core.c
- EXTRA_modinfo_SOURCES = backwards_compat.c
+ # We don't want the $(zlib_flags) here: that makes a dynamic executable
+ insmod_static_LDADD = libmodtools.a
  
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/no_man_rebuild b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/no_man_rebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index d38866aece..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/files/no_man_rebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN module-init-tools-3.1.orig/Makefile.in module-init-tools-3.1/Makefile.in
---- module-init-tools-3.1.orig/Makefile.in	2004-11-15 01:59:48.000000000 +0100
-+++ module-init-tools-3.1/Makefile.in	2004-11-21 02:18:58.000000000 +0100
-@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
- check-am: all-am
- 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) check-TESTS
- check: check-am
--all-am: Makefile $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS) $(MANS)
-+all-am: Makefile $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS) #$(MANS)
- 
- installdirs:
- 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir) $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir) $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-cross_3.2.2.bb b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-cross_3.12.bb
similarity index 82%
rename from meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-cross_3.2.2.bb
rename to meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-cross_3.12.bb
index 02a69193a7..c4b4118466 100644
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-cross_3.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-cross_3.12.bb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require module-init-tools.inc
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r0"
 inherit cross
 PROVIDES += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}depmod virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}depmod-2.6"
 
-SRC_URI += "file://no-static-binaries.patch;patch=1"
+SRC_URI += "file://no-static-binaries.patch"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --program-prefix=${TARGET_PREFIX}"
 
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.inc b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.inc
index 2db6bcd544..7c9b3f7fa8 100644
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules for Linux (versions 2.5.48 and above). It serves the same function that the modutils package serves for Linux 2.4"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f \
-                    file://lsmod.c;md5=030a1ab6b7b2b97e9959db0d5f1c093d"
+                    file://lsmod.c;md5=743c873ec42632d2ce37d3c440f366dd"
 SECTION = "base"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "module-init-tools-insmod-static module-init-tools-depmod"
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ FILES_module-init-tools-depmod = "${sbindir}/depmod.26"
 FILES_module-init-tools-insmod-static = "${sbindir}/insmod.static"
 
 SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
-           file://ignore_arch_directory;apply=yes \
-           file://modutils_extension;apply=yes \
-           file://no_man_rebuild;apply=yes \
-           file://manpagesopt;apply=yes \
-           file://module-init-tools-remove-index.patch;"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/module-init-tools-${PV}"
-
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-manpages"
+           file://ignore_arch_directory.patch \
+           file://modutils_extension.patch \
+           file://disable_man.patch"
 
 inherit autotools
+
+# module-init-tools uses AX_ENABLE_BUILDDIR to move rest of configuration steps
+# into a subdir. However this macro is not quite cross friendly. Instead of 
+# mangling that macro, a easier way is to take the disable option
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-builddir"
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.12.bb b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.12.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fd9d9dc0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.12.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require module-init-tools.inc
+PR = "r0"
+
+# autotools set prefix to /usr, however we want them in /bin and /sbin
+bindir = "/bin"
+sbindir = "/sbin"
+
+do_install() {
+	autotools_do_install
+	for f in bin/lsmod sbin/insmod sbin/rmmod sbin/modprobe sbin/modinfo sbin/depmod; do
+		mv ${D}/$f ${D}/$f.26
+	done
+}
+
+pkg_postinst_module-init-tools() {
+	for f in sbin/insmod sbin/modprobe sbin/rmmod sbin/modinfo; do
+		bn=`basename $f`
+		update-alternatives --install /$f $bn /$f.26 60
+	done
+	update-alternatives --install /bin/lsmod bin-lsmod /bin/lsmod.26 60
+	update-alternatives --install /sbin/lsmod lsmod /bin/lsmod.26 60
+}
+
+pkg_prerm_module-init-tools() {
+	for f in sbin/insmod sbin/modprobe sbin/rmmod sbin/modinfo; do
+		bn=`basename $f`
+		update-alternatives --remove $bn /$f.26
+	done
+	update-alternatives --remove bin-lsmod /bin/lsmod.26
+	update-alternatives --remove lsmod /bin/lsmod.26
+}
+
+pkg_postinst_module-init-tools-depmod() {
+	update-alternatives --install /sbin/depmod depmod /sbin/depmod.26 60
+}
+
+pkg_prerm_module-init-tools-depmod() {
+	update-alternatives --remove depmod /sbin/depmod.26
+}
diff --git a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.2.2.bb b/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.2.2.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4977049b8a..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.2.2.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-require module-init-tools.inc
-PR = "r3"
-
-bindir = "/bin"
-sbindir = "/sbin"
-
-do_install() {
-	autotools_do_install
-	for f in bin/lsmod sbin/insmod sbin/rmmod sbin/modprobe sbin/modinfo sbin/depmod; do
-		mv ${D}/$f ${D}/$f.26
-	done
-}
-
-pkg_postinst_module-init-tools() {
-#!/bin/sh
-for f in sbin/insmod sbin/modprobe sbin/rmmod sbin/modinfo; do
-bn=`basename $f`
-   update-alternatives --install /$f $bn /$f.26 60
-done
-update-alternatives --install /bin/lsmod bin-lsmod /bin/lsmod.26 60
-update-alternatives --install /sbin/lsmod lsmod /bin/lsmod.26 60
-}
-
-pkg_prerm_module-init-tools() {
-#!/bin/sh
-for f in sbin/insmod sbin/modprobe sbin/rmmod sbin/modinfo; do
-bn=`basename $f`
-   update-alternatives --remove $bn /$f.26
-done
-update-alternatives --remove bin-lsmod /bin/lsmod.26
-update-alternatives --remove lsmod /bin/lsmod.26
-}
-
-pkg_postinst_module-init-tools-depmod() {
-#!/bin/sh
-update-alternatives --install /sbin/depmod depmod /sbin/depmod.26 60
-}
-
-pkg_prerm_module-init-tools-depmod() {
-#!/bin/sh
-update-alternatives --remove depmod /sbin/depmod.26
-}