diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index 702db66..b4f998a 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -233,6 +233,30 @@
     bb.process.run('git checkout -b %s' % devbranch, cwd=repodir)
     bb.process.run('git tag -f %s' % basetag, cwd=repodir)
 
+    # if recipe unpacks another git repo inside S, we need to declare it as a regular git submodule now,
+    # so we will be able to tag branches on it and extract patches when doing finish/update on the recipe
+    stdout, _ = bb.process.run("git status --porcelain", cwd=repodir)
+    found = False
+    for line in stdout.splitlines():
+        if line.endswith("/"):
+            new_dir = line.split()[1]
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(repodir, new_dir)):
+                if ".git" in dirs + files:
+                    (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git remote', cwd=root)
+                    remote = stdout.splitlines()[0]
+                    (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git remote get-url %s' % remote, cwd=root)
+                    remote_url = stdout.splitlines()[0]
+                    logger.error(os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, ".."), root))
+                    bb.process.run('git submodule add %s %s' % (remote_url, os.path.relpath(root, os.path.join(root, ".."))), cwd=os.path.join(root, ".."))
+                    found = True
+                if found:
+                    useroptions = []
+                    oe.patch.GitApplyTree.gitCommandUserOptions(useroptions, d=d)
+                    bb.process.run('git %s commit -m "Adding additionnal submodule from SRC_URI\n\n%s"' % (' '.join(useroptions), oe.patch.GitApplyTree.ignore_commit_prefix), cwd=os.path.join(root, ".."))
+                    found = False
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(repodir, '.gitmodules')):
+        bb.process.run('git submodule foreach --recursive  "git tag -f %s"' % basetag, cwd=repodir)
+
 def recipe_to_append(recipefile, config, wildcard=False):
     """
     Convert a recipe file to a bbappend file path within the workspace.
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index d53fb81..ad6e346 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -234,10 +234,14 @@
         if args.fetchuri and not args.no_git:
             setup_git_repo(srctree, args.version, 'devtool', d=tinfoil.config_data)
 
-        initial_rev = None
+        initial_rev = {}
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(srctree, '.git')):
             (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd=srctree)
-            initial_rev = stdout.rstrip()
+            initial_rev["."] = stdout.rstrip()
+            (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git submodule --quiet foreach --recursive  \'echo `git rev-parse HEAD` $PWD\'', cwd=srctree)
+            for line in stdout.splitlines():
+                (rev, submodule) = line.split()
+                initial_rev[os.path.relpath(submodule, srctree)] = rev
 
         if args.src_subdir:
             srctree = os.path.join(srctree, args.src_subdir)
@@ -251,7 +255,8 @@
             if b_is_s:
                 f.write('EXTERNALSRC_BUILD = "%s"\n' % srctree)
             if initial_rev:
-                f.write('\n# initial_rev: %s\n' % initial_rev)
+                for key, value in initial_rev.items():
+                    f.write('\n# initial_rev %s: %s\n' % (key, value))
 
             if args.binary:
                 f.write('do_install:append() {\n')
@@ -823,8 +828,8 @@
 
         _check_compatible_recipe(pn, rd)
 
-        initial_rev = None
-        commits = []
+        initial_revs = {}
+        commits = {}
         check_commits = False
 
         if bb.data.inherits_class('kernel-yocto', rd):
@@ -880,15 +885,23 @@
                 args.no_extract = True
 
         if not args.no_extract:
-            initial_rev, _ = _extract_source(srctree, args.keep_temp, args.branch, False, config, basepath, workspace, args.fixed_setup, rd, tinfoil, no_overrides=args.no_overrides)
-            if not initial_rev:
+            initial_revs["."], _ = _extract_source(srctree, args.keep_temp, args.branch, False, config, basepath, workspace, args.fixed_setup, rd, tinfoil, no_overrides=args.no_overrides)
+            if not initial_revs["."]:
                 return 1
             logger.info('Source tree extracted to %s' % srctree)
+
             if os.path.exists(os.path.join(srctree, '.git')):
                 # Get list of commits since this revision
-                (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git rev-list --reverse %s..HEAD' % initial_rev, cwd=srctree)
-                commits = stdout.split()
+                (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git rev-list --reverse %s..HEAD' % initial_revs["."], cwd=srctree)
+                commits["."] = stdout.split()
                 check_commits = True
+                (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git submodule --quiet foreach --recursive  \'echo `git rev-parse devtool-base` $PWD\'', cwd=srctree)
+                for line in stdout.splitlines():
+                    (rev, submodule_path) = line.split()
+                    submodule = os.path.relpath(submodule_path, srctree)
+                    initial_revs[submodule] = rev
+                    (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git rev-list --reverse devtool-base..HEAD', cwd=submodule_path)
+                    commits[submodule] = stdout.split()
         else:
             if os.path.exists(os.path.join(srctree, '.git')):
                 # Check if it's a tree previously extracted by us. This is done
@@ -905,11 +918,11 @@
                 for line in stdout.splitlines():
                     if line.startswith('*'):
                         (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git rev-parse devtool-base', cwd=srctree)
-                        initial_rev = stdout.rstrip()
-                if not initial_rev:
+                        initial_revs["."] = stdout.rstrip()
+                if not initial_revs["."]:
                     # Otherwise, just grab the head revision
                     (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd=srctree)
-                    initial_rev = stdout.rstrip()
+                    initial_revs["."] = stdout.rstrip()
 
         branch_patches = {}
         if check_commits:
@@ -976,10 +989,11 @@
                 '        ln -sfT ${KCONFIG_CONFIG_ROOTDIR}/.config ${S}/.config.new\n'
                 '    fi\n'
                 '}\n')
-            if initial_rev:
-                f.write('\n# initial_rev: %s\n' % initial_rev)
-                for commit in commits:
-                    f.write('# commit: %s\n' % commit)
+            if initial_revs:
+                for name, rev in initial_revs.items():
+                        f.write('\n# initial_rev %s: %s\n' % (name, rev))
+                        for commit in commits[name]:
+                            f.write('# commit %s: %s\n' % (name, commit))
             if branch_patches:
                 for branch in branch_patches:
                     if branch == args.branch:
@@ -1202,44 +1216,56 @@
     branchname = stdout.rstrip()
 
     # Parse initial rev from recipe if not specified
-    commits = []
+    commits = {}
     patches = []
+    initial_revs = {}
     with open(recipe_path, 'r') as f:
         for line in f:
-            if line.startswith('# initial_rev:'):
-                if not initial_rev:
-                    initial_rev = line.split(':')[-1].strip()
-            elif line.startswith('# commit:') and not force_patch_refresh:
-                commits.append(line.split(':')[-1].strip())
-            elif line.startswith('# patches_%s:' % branchname):
-                patches = line.split(':')[-1].strip().split(',')
+            pattern = r'^#\s.*\s(.*):\s([0-9a-fA-F]+)$'
+            match = re.search(pattern, line)
+            if match:
+                name = match.group(1)
+                rev = match.group(2)
+                if line.startswith('# initial_rev'):
+                    if not (name == "." and initial_rev):
+                        initial_revs[name] = rev
+                elif line.startswith('# commit') and not force_patch_refresh:
+                    if name not in commits:
+                        commits[name] = [rev]
+                    else:
+                        commits[name].append(rev)
+                elif line.startswith('# patches_%s:' % branchname):
+                    patches = line.split(':')[-1].strip().split(',')
 
-    update_rev = initial_rev
-    changed_revs = None
-    if initial_rev:
+    update_revs = dict(initial_revs)
+    changed_revs = {}
+    for name, rev in initial_revs.items():
         # Find first actually changed revision
         stdout, _ = bb.process.run('git rev-list --reverse %s..HEAD' %
-                                   initial_rev, cwd=srctree)
+                                   rev, cwd=os.path.join(srctree, name))
         newcommits = stdout.split()
-        for i in range(min(len(commits), len(newcommits))):
-            if newcommits[i] == commits[i]:
-                update_rev = commits[i]
+        if name in commits:
+            for i in range(min(len(commits[name]), len(newcommits))):
+                if newcommits[i] == commits[name][i]:
+                    update_revs[name] = commits[name][i]
 
         try:
             stdout, _ = bb.process.run('git cherry devtool-patched',
-                                        cwd=srctree)
+                                        cwd=os.path.join(srctree, name))
         except bb.process.ExecutionError as err:
             stdout = None
 
         if stdout is not None and not force_patch_refresh:
-            changed_revs = []
             for line in stdout.splitlines():
                 if line.startswith('+ '):
                     rev = line.split()[1]
                     if rev in newcommits:
-                        changed_revs.append(rev)
+                        if name not in changed_revs:
+                            changed_revs[name] = [rev]
+                        else:
+                            changed_revs[name].append(rev)
 
-    return initial_rev, update_rev, changed_revs, patches
+    return initial_revs, update_revs, changed_revs, patches
 
 def _remove_file_entries(srcuri, filelist):
     """Remove file:// entries from SRC_URI"""
@@ -1294,14 +1320,17 @@
                         raise
 
 
-def _export_patches(srctree, rd, start_rev, destdir, changed_revs=None):
+def _export_patches(srctree, rd, start_revs, destdir, changed_revs=None):
     """Export patches from srctree to given location.
        Returns three-tuple of dicts:
          1. updated - patches that already exist in SRCURI
          2. added - new patches that don't exist in SRCURI
          3  removed - patches that exist in SRCURI but not in exported patches
-      In each dict the key is the 'basepath' of the URI and value is the
-      absolute path to the existing file in recipe space (if any).
+       In each dict the key is the 'basepath' of the URI and value is:
+         - for updated and added dicts, a dict with 2 optionnal keys:
+            - 'path': the absolute path to the existing file in recipe space (if any)
+            - 'patchdir': the directory in wich the patch should be applied (if any)
+         - for removed dict, the absolute path to the existing file in recipe space
     """
     import oe.recipeutils
     from oe.patch import GitApplyTree
@@ -1315,54 +1344,60 @@
 
     # Generate patches from Git, exclude local files directory
     patch_pathspec = _git_exclude_path(srctree, 'oe-local-files')
-    GitApplyTree.extractPatches(srctree, start_rev, destdir, patch_pathspec)
+    GitApplyTree.extractPatches(srctree, start_revs, destdir, patch_pathspec)
+    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(destdir):
+        new_patches = filenames
+        reldirpath = os.path.relpath(dirpath, destdir)
+        for new_patch in new_patches:
+            # Strip numbering from patch names. If it's a git sequence named patch,
+            # the numbers might not match up since we are starting from a different
+            # revision This does assume that people are using unique shortlog
+            # values, but they ought to be anyway...
+            new_basename = seqpatch_re.match(new_patch).group(2)
+            match_name = None
+            for old_patch in existing_patches:
+                old_basename = seqpatch_re.match(old_patch).group(2)
+                old_basename_splitext = os.path.splitext(old_basename)
+                if old_basename.endswith(('.gz', '.bz2', '.Z')) and old_basename_splitext[0] == new_basename:
+                    old_patch_noext = os.path.splitext(old_patch)[0]
+                    match_name = old_patch_noext
+                    break
+                elif new_basename == old_basename:
+                    match_name = old_patch
+                    break
+            if match_name:
+                # Rename patch files
+                if new_patch != match_name:
+                    bb.utils.rename(os.path.join(destdir, new_patch),
+                              os.path.join(destdir, match_name))
+                # Need to pop it off the list now before checking changed_revs
+                oldpath = existing_patches.pop(old_patch)
+                if changed_revs is not None and dirpath in changed_revs:
+                    # Avoid updating patches that have not actually changed
+                    with open(os.path.join(dirpath, match_name), 'r') as f:
+                        firstlineitems = f.readline().split()
+                        # Looking for "From <hash>" line
+                        if len(firstlineitems) > 1 and len(firstlineitems[1]) == 40:
+                            if not firstlineitems[1] in changed_revs[dirpath]:
+                                continue
+                # Recompress if necessary
+                if oldpath.endswith(('.gz', '.Z')):
+                    bb.process.run(['gzip', match_name], cwd=destdir)
+                    if oldpath.endswith('.gz'):
+                        match_name += '.gz'
+                    else:
+                        match_name += '.Z'
+                elif oldpath.endswith('.bz2'):
+                    bb.process.run(['bzip2', match_name], cwd=destdir)
+                    match_name += '.bz2'
+                updated[match_name] = {'path' : oldpath}
+                if reldirpath != ".":
+                    updated[match_name]['patchdir'] = reldirpath
+            else:
+                added[new_patch] = {}
+                if reldirpath != ".":
+                    added[new_patch]['patchdir'] = reldirpath
 
-    new_patches = sorted(os.listdir(destdir))
-    for new_patch in new_patches:
-        # Strip numbering from patch names. If it's a git sequence named patch,
-        # the numbers might not match up since we are starting from a different
-        # revision This does assume that people are using unique shortlog
-        # values, but they ought to be anyway...
-        new_basename = seqpatch_re.match(new_patch).group(2)
-        match_name = None
-        for old_patch in existing_patches:
-            old_basename = seqpatch_re.match(old_patch).group(2)
-            old_basename_splitext = os.path.splitext(old_basename)
-            if old_basename.endswith(('.gz', '.bz2', '.Z')) and old_basename_splitext[0] == new_basename:
-                old_patch_noext = os.path.splitext(old_patch)[0]
-                match_name = old_patch_noext
-                break
-            elif new_basename == old_basename:
-                match_name = old_patch
-                break
-        if match_name:
-            # Rename patch files
-            if new_patch != match_name:
-                bb.utils.rename(os.path.join(destdir, new_patch),
-                          os.path.join(destdir, match_name))
-            # Need to pop it off the list now before checking changed_revs
-            oldpath = existing_patches.pop(old_patch)
-            if changed_revs is not None:
-                # Avoid updating patches that have not actually changed
-                with open(os.path.join(destdir, match_name), 'r') as f:
-                    firstlineitems = f.readline().split()
-                    # Looking for "From <hash>" line
-                    if len(firstlineitems) > 1 and len(firstlineitems[1]) == 40:
-                        if not firstlineitems[1] in changed_revs:
-                            continue
-            # Recompress if necessary
-            if oldpath.endswith(('.gz', '.Z')):
-                bb.process.run(['gzip', match_name], cwd=destdir)
-                if oldpath.endswith('.gz'):
-                    match_name += '.gz'
-                else:
-                    match_name += '.Z'
-            elif oldpath.endswith('.bz2'):
-                bb.process.run(['bzip2', match_name], cwd=destdir)
-                match_name += '.bz2'
-            updated[match_name] = oldpath
-        else:
-            added[new_patch] = None
     return (updated, added, existing_patches)
 
 
@@ -1530,6 +1565,12 @@
     recipedir = os.path.basename(recipefile)
     logger.info('Updating SRCREV in recipe %s%s' % (recipedir, dry_run_suffix))
 
+    # Get original SRCREV
+    old_srcrev = rd.getVar('SRCREV') or ''
+    if old_srcrev == "INVALID":
+            raise DevtoolError('Update mode srcrev is only valid for recipe fetched from an SCM repository')
+    old_srcrev = {'.': old_srcrev}
+
     # Get HEAD revision
     try:
         stdout, _ = bb.process.run('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd=srctree)
@@ -1556,13 +1597,12 @@
         if not no_remove:
             # Find list of existing patches in recipe file
             patches_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=tempdir)
-            old_srcrev = rd.getVar('SRCREV') or ''
             upd_p, new_p, del_p = _export_patches(srctree, rd, old_srcrev,
                                                   patches_dir)
             logger.debug('Patches: update %s, new %s, delete %s' % (dict(upd_p), dict(new_p), dict(del_p)))
 
             # Remove deleted local files and "overlapping" patches
-            remove_files = list(del_f.values()) + list(upd_p.values()) + list(del_p.values())
+            remove_files = list(del_f.values()) + [value["path"] for value in upd_p.values() if "path" in value] + [value["path"] for value in del_p.values() if "path" in value]
             if remove_files:
                 removedentries = _remove_file_entries(srcuri, remove_files)[0]
                 update_srcuri = True
@@ -1576,11 +1616,10 @@
                 patchfields['SRC_URI'] = '\\\n    '.join(srcuri)
             if dry_run_outdir:
                 logger.info('Creating bbappend (dry-run)')
-            else:
-                appendfile, destpath = oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(
-                        rd, appendlayerdir, files, wildcardver=wildcard_version,
-                        extralines=patchfields, removevalues=removevalues,
-                        redirect_output=dry_run_outdir)
+            appendfile, destpath = oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(
+                    rd, appendlayerdir, files, wildcardver=wildcard_version,
+                    extralines=patchfields, removevalues=removevalues,
+                    redirect_output=dry_run_outdir)
         else:
             files_dir = _determine_files_dir(rd)
             for basepath, path in upd_f.items():
@@ -1632,15 +1671,15 @@
     else:
         patchdir_params = {'patchdir': relpatchdir}
 
-    def srcuri_entry(basepath):
+    def srcuri_entry(basepath, patchdir_params):
         if patchdir_params:
             paramstr = ';' + ';'.join('%s=%s' % (k,v) for k,v in patchdir_params.items())
         else:
             paramstr = ''
         return 'file://%s%s' % (basepath, paramstr)
 
-    initial_rev, update_rev, changed_revs, filter_patches = _get_patchset_revs(srctree, append, initial_rev, force_patch_refresh)
-    if not initial_rev:
+    initial_revs, update_revs, changed_revs, filter_patches = _get_patchset_revs(srctree, append, initial_rev, force_patch_refresh)
+    if not initial_revs:
         raise DevtoolError('Unable to find initial revision - please specify '
                            'it with --initial-rev')
 
@@ -1658,11 +1697,11 @@
 
         # Get updated patches from source tree
         patches_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=tempdir)
-        upd_p, new_p, _ = _export_patches(srctree, rd, update_rev,
+        upd_p, new_p, _ = _export_patches(srctree, rd, update_revs,
                                           patches_dir, changed_revs)
         # Get all patches from source tree and check if any should be removed
         all_patches_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=tempdir)
-        _, _, del_p = _export_patches(srctree, rd, initial_rev,
+        _, _, del_p = _export_patches(srctree, rd, initial_revs,
                                       all_patches_dir)
         logger.debug('Pre-filtering: update: %s, new: %s' % (dict(upd_p), dict(new_p)))
         if filter_patches:
@@ -1677,18 +1716,31 @@
         updaterecipe = False
         destpath = None
         srcuri = (rd.getVar('SRC_URI', False) or '').split()
+
         if appendlayerdir:
             files = OrderedDict((os.path.join(local_files_dir, key), val) for
                          key, val in list(upd_f.items()) + list(new_f.items()))
             files.update(OrderedDict((os.path.join(patches_dir, key), val) for
                               key, val in list(upd_p.items()) + list(new_p.items())))
+
+            params = []
+            for file, param in files.items():
+                patchdir_param = dict(patchdir_params)
+                patchdir = param.get('patchdir', ".")
+                if patchdir != "." :
+                    if patchdir_param:
+                       patchdir_param['patchdir'] += patchdir
+                    else:
+                        patchdir_param['patchdir'] = patchdir
+                params.append(patchdir_param)
+
             if files or remove_files:
                 removevalues = None
                 if remove_files:
                     removedentries, remaining = _remove_file_entries(
                                                     srcuri, remove_files)
                     if removedentries or remaining:
-                        remaining = [srcuri_entry(os.path.basename(item)) for
+                        remaining = [srcuri_entry(os.path.basename(item), patchdir_params) for
                                      item in remaining]
                         removevalues = {'SRC_URI': removedentries + remaining}
                 appendfile, destpath = oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(
@@ -1696,7 +1748,7 @@
                                 wildcardver=wildcard_version,
                                 removevalues=removevalues,
                                 redirect_output=dry_run_outdir,
-                                params=[patchdir_params] * len(files))
+                                params=params)
             else:
                 logger.info('No patches or local source files needed updating')
         else:
@@ -1713,14 +1765,22 @@
                     _move_file(os.path.join(local_files_dir, basepath), path,
                                dry_run_outdir=dry_run_outdir, base_outdir=recipedir)
                 updatefiles = True
-            for basepath, path in upd_p.items():
-                patchfn = os.path.join(patches_dir, basepath)
+            for basepath, param in upd_p.items():
+                path = param['path']
+                patchdir = param.get('patchdir', ".")
+                if patchdir != "." :
+                    patchdir_param = dict(patchdir_params)
+                    if patchdir_param:
+                       patchdir_param['patchdir'] += patchdir
+                    else:
+                        patchdir_param['patchdir'] = patchdir
+                patchfn = os.path.join(patches_dir, patchdir, basepath)
                 if os.path.dirname(path) + '/' == dl_dir:
                     # This is a a downloaded patch file - we now need to
                     # replace the entry in SRC_URI with our local version
                     logger.info('Replacing remote patch %s with updated local version' % basepath)
                     path = os.path.join(files_dir, basepath)
-                    _replace_srcuri_entry(srcuri, basepath, srcuri_entry(basepath))
+                    _replace_srcuri_entry(srcuri, basepath, srcuri_entry(basepath, patchdir_param))
                     updaterecipe = True
                 else:
                     logger.info('Updating patch %s%s' % (basepath, dry_run_suffix))
@@ -1734,15 +1794,23 @@
                            os.path.join(files_dir, basepath),
                            dry_run_outdir=dry_run_outdir,
                            base_outdir=recipedir)
-                srcuri.append(srcuri_entry(basepath))
+                srcuri.append(srcuri_entry(basepath, patchdir_params))
                 updaterecipe = True
-            for basepath, path in new_p.items():
+            for basepath, param in new_p.items():
+                patchdir = param.get('patchdir', ".")
                 logger.info('Adding new patch %s%s' % (basepath, dry_run_suffix))
-                _move_file(os.path.join(patches_dir, basepath),
+                _move_file(os.path.join(patches_dir, patchdir, basepath),
                            os.path.join(files_dir, basepath),
                            dry_run_outdir=dry_run_outdir,
                            base_outdir=recipedir)
-                srcuri.append(srcuri_entry(basepath))
+                params = dict(patchdir_params)
+                if patchdir != "." :
+                    if params:
+                       params['patchdir'] += patchdir
+                    else:
+                        params['patchdir'] = patchdir
+
+                srcuri.append(srcuri_entry(basepath, params))
                 updaterecipe = True
             # Update recipe, if needed
             if _remove_file_entries(srcuri, remove_files)[0]:
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py
index 9cd50be..10827a7 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     _rename_recipe_dirs(oldpv, newpv, path)
     return _rename_recipe_file(oldrecipe, bpn, oldpv, newpv, path)
 
-def _write_append(rc, srctreebase, srctree, same_dir, no_same_dir, rev, copied, workspace, d):
+def _write_append(rc, srctreebase, srctree, same_dir, no_same_dir, revs, copied, workspace, d):
     """Writes an append file"""
     if not os.path.exists(rc):
         raise DevtoolError("bbappend not created because %s does not exist" % rc)
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@
         if b_is_s:
             f.write('EXTERNALSRC_BUILD:pn-%s = "%s"\n' % (pn, srctree))
         f.write('\n')
-        if rev:
-            f.write('# initial_rev: %s\n' % rev)
+        if revs:
+            for name, rev in revs.items():
+                f.write('# initial_rev %s: %s\n' % (name, rev))
         if copied:
             f.write('# original_path: %s\n' % os.path.dirname(d.getVar('FILE')))
             f.write('# original_files: %s\n' % ' '.join(copied))
@@ -182,10 +183,15 @@
     uri, rev = _get_uri(crd)
     if srcrev:
         rev = srcrev
+    paths = [srctree]
     if uri.startswith('git://') or uri.startswith('gitsm://'):
         __run('git fetch')
         __run('git checkout %s' % rev)
         __run('git tag -f devtool-base-new')
+        __run('git submodule update --recursive')
+        __run('git submodule foreach \'git tag -f devtool-base-new\'')
+        (stdout, _) = __run('git submodule --quiet foreach \'echo $sm_path\'')
+        paths += [os.path.join(srctree, p) for p in stdout.splitlines()]
         md5 = None
         sha256 = None
         _, _, _, _, _, params = bb.fetch2.decodeurl(uri)
@@ -256,29 +262,32 @@
         __run('git %s commit -q -m "Commit of upstream changes at version %s" --allow-empty' % (' '.join(useroptions), newpv))
         __run('git tag -f devtool-base-%s' % newpv)
 
-    (stdout, _) = __run('git rev-parse HEAD')
-    rev = stdout.rstrip()
+    revs = {}
+    for path in paths:
+        (stdout, _) = _run('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd=path)
+        revs[os.path.relpath(path,srctree)] = stdout.rstrip()
 
     if no_patch:
         patches = oe.recipeutils.get_recipe_patches(crd)
         if patches:
             logger.warning('By user choice, the following patches will NOT be applied to the new source tree:\n  %s' % '\n  '.join([os.path.basename(patch) for patch in patches]))
     else:
-        __run('git checkout devtool-patched -b %s' % branch)
-        (stdout, _) = __run('git branch --list devtool-override-*')
-        branches_to_rebase = [branch] + stdout.split()
-        for b in branches_to_rebase:
-            logger.info("Rebasing {} onto {}".format(b, rev))
-            __run('git checkout %s' % b)
-            try:
-                __run('git rebase %s' % rev)
-            except bb.process.ExecutionError as e:
-                if 'conflict' in e.stdout:
-                    logger.warning('Command \'%s\' failed:\n%s\n\nYou will need to resolve conflicts in order to complete the upgrade.' % (e.command, e.stdout.rstrip()))
-                    __run('git rebase --abort')
-                else:
-                    logger.warning('Command \'%s\' failed:\n%s' % (e.command, e.stdout))
-        __run('git checkout %s' % branch)
+        for path in paths:
+            _run('git checkout devtool-patched -b %s' % branch, cwd=path)
+            (stdout, _) = _run('git branch --list devtool-override-*', cwd=path)
+            branches_to_rebase = [branch] + stdout.split()
+            for b in branches_to_rebase:
+                logger.info("Rebasing {} onto {}".format(b, revs[os.path.relpath(path,srctree)]))
+                _run('git checkout %s' % b, cwd=path)
+                try:
+                    _run('git rebase %s' % revs[os.path.relpath(path, srctree)], cwd=path)
+                except bb.process.ExecutionError as e:
+                    if 'conflict' in e.stdout:
+                        logger.warning('Command \'%s\' failed:\n%s\n\nYou will need to resolve conflicts in order to complete the upgrade.' % (e.command, e.stdout.rstrip()))
+                        _run('git rebase --abort', cwd=path)
+                    else:
+                        logger.warning('Command \'%s\' failed:\n%s' % (e.command, e.stdout))
+            _run('git checkout %s' % branch, cwd=path)
 
     if tmpsrctree:
         if keep_temp:
@@ -288,7 +297,7 @@
             if tmpdir != tmpsrctree:
                 shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
 
-    return (rev, md5, sha256, srcbranch, srcsubdir_rel)
+    return (revs, md5, sha256, srcbranch, srcsubdir_rel)
 
 def _add_license_diff_to_recipe(path, diff):
     notice_text = """# FIXME: the LIC_FILES_CHKSUM values have been updated by 'devtool upgrade'.
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
index 9dbb1cc..4b6a711 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
                 if st.st_mode & stat.S_IXUSR:
                     perms = '0755'
             install = {args.newfile: (args.targetpath, perms)}
-        oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(rd, args.destlayer, {args.newfile: sourcepath}, install, wildcardver=args.wildcard_version, machine=args.machine)
+        oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(rd, args.destlayer, {args.newfile: {'path' : sourcepath}}, install, wildcardver=args.wildcard_version, machine=args.machine)
         tinfoil.modified_files()
         return 0
     else:
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
                 logger.warning('{0!r} is already in SRC_URI, not adding'.format(source_uri))
         else:
             extralines.append('SRC_URI += {0}'.format(source_uri))
-        copyfiles[newfile] = srcfile
+        copyfiles[newfile] = {'path' : srcfile}
 
     oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(rd, args.destlayer, copyfiles, None, wildcardver=args.wildcard_version, machine=args.machine, extralines=extralines)
     tinfoil.modified_files()
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py
index 4f30926..13a9cdd 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py
@@ -400,9 +400,10 @@
 
                 exec_native_cmd(objcopy_cmd, native_sysroot)
         else:
-            install_cmd = "install -m 0644 %s/%s %s/%s" % \
-                (staging_kernel_dir, kernel, hdddir, kernel)
-            exec_cmd(install_cmd)
+            if source_params.get('install-kernel-into-boot-dir') != 'false':
+                install_cmd = "install -m 0644 %s/%s %s/%s" % \
+                    (staging_kernel_dir, kernel, hdddir, kernel)
+                exec_cmd(install_cmd)
 
         if get_bitbake_var("IMAGE_EFI_BOOT_FILES"):
             for src_path, dst_path in cls.install_task:
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rawcopy.py b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rawcopy.py
index ccf3325..21903c2 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rawcopy.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rawcopy.py
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
         decompressor = {
             ".bz2": "bzip2",
             ".gz": "gzip",
-            ".xz": "xz"
+            ".xz": "xz",
+            ".zst": "zstd -f",
         }.get(extension)
         if not decompressor:
             raise WicError("Not supported compressor filename extension: %s" % extension)