diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
index 6b161fc..09cd1f1 100644
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 
 INC_PR = "r4"
 
+# Skip processing of this recipe if it is not explicitly specified as the
+# PREFERRED_PROVIDER for virtual/kernel. This avoids network access required
+# by the use of AUTOREV SRCREVs, which are the default for this recipe.
+python () {
+    if d.getVar("PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel", True) != d.getVar("PN", True):
+        d.delVar("BB_DONT_CACHE")
+        raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("Set PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel to %s to enable it" % (d.getVar("PN", True)))
+}
+
 DEPENDS += "xz-native bc-native"
 DEPENDS_append_aarch64 = " libgcc"
 KERNEL_CC_append_aarch64 = " ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS}"
@@ -17,6 +26,8 @@
 KERNEL_CC_append_nios2 = " ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS}"
 KERNEL_LD_append_nios2 = " ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS}"
 
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_qemuall=" features/debug/printk.scc"
+
 # 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
@@ -35,6 +46,7 @@
 #   2: report options that are not hardware related, but set by a BSP
 KCONF_AUDIT_LEVEL ?= "1"
 KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL ?= "0"
+KMETA_AUDIT ?= "yes"
 
 LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
 
@@ -52,6 +64,7 @@
 }
 
 # extra tasks
-addtask kernel_link_vmlinux after do_compile before do_install
+addtask kernel_version_sanity_check after do_kernel_metadata do_kernel_checkout before do_compile
+addtask kernel_link_images after do_compile before do_strip
 addtask validate_branches before do_patch after do_kernel_checkout
 addtask kernel_configcheck after do_configure before do_compile