diff --git "a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/arm/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend" "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/arm/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb78cf15a1
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/arm/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"	
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_{{=machine}} := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
+PR := "${PR}.1"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_{{=machine}} = "{{=machine}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"need_new_kbranch" prio:"20" msg:"Do you need a new machine branch for this BSP (the alternative is to re-use an existing branch)? [y/n]" default:"y" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+KBRANCH_{{=machine}}  = "{{=existing_kbranch}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"smp" prio:"30" msg:"Do you need SMP support? (y/n)" default:"y"}}
+{{ if smp == "y": }}
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_{{=machine}} += " cfg/smp.scc"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://{{=machine}}-preempt-rt.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-config.cfg \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-patches.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-features.scc \
+           "
+
+# uncomment and replace these SRCREVs with the real commit ids once you've had
+# the appropriate changes committed to the upstream linux-yocto repo
+#SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "f35992f80c81dc5fa1a97165dfd5cbb84661f7cb"
+#SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "1b534b2f8bbe9b8a773268cfa30a4850346f6f5f"
+#LINUX_VERSION = "3.8.4"
diff --git "a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/i386/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend" "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/i386/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb78cf15a1
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/i386/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"	
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_{{=machine}} := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
+PR := "${PR}.1"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_{{=machine}} = "{{=machine}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"need_new_kbranch" prio:"20" msg:"Do you need a new machine branch for this BSP (the alternative is to re-use an existing branch)? [y/n]" default:"y" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+KBRANCH_{{=machine}}  = "{{=existing_kbranch}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"smp" prio:"30" msg:"Do you need SMP support? (y/n)" default:"y"}}
+{{ if smp == "y": }}
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_{{=machine}} += " cfg/smp.scc"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://{{=machine}}-preempt-rt.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-config.cfg \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-patches.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-features.scc \
+           "
+
+# uncomment and replace these SRCREVs with the real commit ids once you've had
+# the appropriate changes committed to the upstream linux-yocto repo
+#SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "f35992f80c81dc5fa1a97165dfd5cbb84661f7cb"
+#SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "1b534b2f8bbe9b8a773268cfa30a4850346f6f5f"
+#LINUX_VERSION = "3.8.4"
diff --git "a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/mips/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend" "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/mips/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb78cf15a1
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/mips/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"	
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_{{=machine}} := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
+PR := "${PR}.1"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_{{=machine}} = "{{=machine}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"need_new_kbranch" prio:"20" msg:"Do you need a new machine branch for this BSP (the alternative is to re-use an existing branch)? [y/n]" default:"y" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+KBRANCH_{{=machine}}  = "{{=existing_kbranch}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"smp" prio:"30" msg:"Do you need SMP support? (y/n)" default:"y"}}
+{{ if smp == "y": }}
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_{{=machine}} += " cfg/smp.scc"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://{{=machine}}-preempt-rt.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-config.cfg \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-patches.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-features.scc \
+           "
+
+# uncomment and replace these SRCREVs with the real commit ids once you've had
+# the appropriate changes committed to the upstream linux-yocto repo
+#SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "f35992f80c81dc5fa1a97165dfd5cbb84661f7cb"
+#SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "1b534b2f8bbe9b8a773268cfa30a4850346f6f5f"
+#LINUX_VERSION = "3.8.4"
diff --git "a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/powerpc/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend" "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/powerpc/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb78cf15a1
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/powerpc/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"	
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_{{=machine}} := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
+PR := "${PR}.1"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_{{=machine}} = "{{=machine}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"need_new_kbranch" prio:"20" msg:"Do you need a new machine branch for this BSP (the alternative is to re-use an existing branch)? [y/n]" default:"y" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+KBRANCH_{{=machine}}  = "{{=existing_kbranch}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"smp" prio:"30" msg:"Do you need SMP support? (y/n)" default:"y"}}
+{{ if smp == "y": }}
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_{{=machine}} += " cfg/smp.scc"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://{{=machine}}-preempt-rt.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-config.cfg \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-patches.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-features.scc \
+           "
+
+# uncomment and replace these SRCREVs with the real commit ids once you've had
+# the appropriate changes committed to the upstream linux-yocto repo
+#SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "f35992f80c81dc5fa1a97165dfd5cbb84661f7cb"
+#SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "1b534b2f8bbe9b8a773268cfa30a4850346f6f5f"
+#LINUX_VERSION = "3.8.4"
diff --git "a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend" "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7077848aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"	
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_{{=machine}} := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
+PR := "${PR}.1"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_{{=machine}} = "{{=machine}}"
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"need_new_kbranch" prio:"20" msg:"Do you need a new machine branch for this BSP (the alternative is to re-use an existing branch)? [y/n]" default:"y" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y" and qemuarch == "arm": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" nameappend:"arm" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n" and qemuarch == "arm": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" nameappend:"arm" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y" and qemuarch == "powerpc": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" nameappend:"powerpc" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n" and qemuarch == "powerpc": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" nameappend:"powerpc" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/qemu-ppc32" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y" and qemuarch == "i386": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" nameappend:"i386" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n" and qemuarch == "i386": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" nameappend:"i386" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y" and qemuarch == "x86_64": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" nameappend:"x86_64" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n" and qemuarch == "x86_64": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" nameappend:"x86_64" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y" and qemuarch == "mips": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" nameappend:"mips" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n" and qemuarch == "mips": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" nameappend:"mips" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+KBRANCH_{{=machine}}  = "{{=existing_kbranch}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"smp" prio:"30" msg:"Do you need SMP support? (y/n)" default:"y"}}
+{{ if smp == "y": }}
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_{{=machine}} += " cfg/smp.scc"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://{{=machine}}-preempt-rt.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-config.cfg \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-patches.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-features.scc \
+           "
+
+# uncomment and replace these SRCREVs with the real commit ids once you've had
+# the appropriate changes committed to the upstream linux-yocto repo
+#SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "f35992f80c81dc5fa1a97165dfd5cbb84661f7cb"
+#SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "1b534b2f8bbe9b8a773268cfa30a4850346f6f5f"
+#LINUX_VERSION = "3.8.4"
diff --git "a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/x86_64/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend" "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/x86_64/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb78cf15a1
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/x86_64/recipes-kernel/linux/{{ if kernel_choice == \"linux-yocto-rt_3.8\": }} linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend"	
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_{{=machine}} := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
+PR := "${PR}.1"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_{{=machine}} = "{{=machine}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"need_new_kbranch" prio:"20" msg:"Do you need a new machine branch for this BSP (the alternative is to re-use an existing branch)? [y/n]" default:"y" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "y": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"new_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+{{ input type:"choicelist" name:"existing_kbranch" gen:"bsp.kernel.all_branches" branches_base:"standard/preempt-rt" prio:"20" msg:"Please choose a machine branch to base this BSP on:" default:"standard/preempt-rt/base" }}
+
+{{ if need_new_kbranch == "n": }}
+KBRANCH_{{=machine}}  = "{{=existing_kbranch}}"
+
+{{ input type:"boolean" name:"smp" prio:"30" msg:"Do you need SMP support? (y/n)" default:"y"}}
+{{ if smp == "y": }}
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_{{=machine}} += " cfg/smp.scc"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://{{=machine}}-preempt-rt.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-config.cfg \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-patches.scc \
+            file://{{=machine}}-user-features.scc \
+           "
+
+# uncomment and replace these SRCREVs with the real commit ids once you've had
+# the appropriate changes committed to the upstream linux-yocto repo
+#SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "f35992f80c81dc5fa1a97165dfd5cbb84661f7cb"
+#SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-rt_{{=machine}} ?= "1b534b2f8bbe9b8a773268cfa30a4850346f6f5f"
+#LINUX_VERSION = "3.8.4"