diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gi-docgen.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gi-docgen.bbclass
index 8b7eaac..eb30c60 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gi-docgen.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gi-docgen.bbclass
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
 # This variable is set to True if api-documentation is in
 # DISTRO_FEATURES, and False otherwise.
-GIDOCGEN_ENABLED ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'api-documentation', 'True', 'False', d)}"
+GIDOCGEN_ENABLED ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'api-documentation gobject-introspection-data', 'True', 'False', d)}"
+
 # When building native recipes, disable gi-docgen, as it is not necessary,
 # pulls in additional dependencies, and makes build times longer
 GIDOCGEN_ENABLED:class-native = "False"
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
index b02a83a..39bfaa5 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 	tar -C ${B} -cf - --exclude-vcs --exclude '*.test' --exclude 'testdata' pkg | \
 		tar -C ${D}${libdir}/go --no-same-owner -xf -
 
-	if [ -n "`ls ${B}/${GO_BUILD_BINDIR}/`" ]; then
+	if ls ${B}/${GO_BUILD_BINDIR}/* >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
 		install -d ${D}${bindir}
 		install -m 0755 ${B}/${GO_BUILD_BINDIR}/* ${D}${bindir}/
 	fi
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gobject-introspection.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gobject-introspection.bbclass
index 98edb93..65c67dd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gobject-introspection.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gobject-introspection.bbclass
@@ -35,23 +35,19 @@
 
 # Generating introspection data depends on a combination of native and target
 # introspection tools, and qemu to run the target tools.
-DEPENDS:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', 'gobject-introspection gobject-introspection-native qemu-native', '', d)}"
+DEPENDS:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', 'gobject-introspection qemu-native', '', d)}"
 
-# Even though introspection is disabled on -native, gobject-introspection package is still
-# needed for m4 macros.
-DEPENDS:append:class-native = " gobject-introspection-native"
-DEPENDS:append:class-nativesdk = " gobject-introspection-native"
+# Even when introspection is disabled, the gobject-introspection package is still needed for m4 macros.
+DEPENDS:append = " gobject-introspection-native"
 
 # This is used by introspection tools to find .gir includes
 export XDG_DATA_DIRS = "${STAGING_DATADIR}:${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
 
 do_configure:prepend:class-target () {
-    if [ "${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '1', '0', d)}" = "1" ] ; then
-        # introspection.m4 pre-packaged with upstream tarballs does not yet
-        # have our fixes
-        mkdir -p ${S}/m4
-        cp ${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}/${datadir}/aclocal/introspection.m4 ${S}/m4
-    fi
+    # introspection.m4 pre-packaged with upstream tarballs does not yet
+    # have our fixes
+    mkdir -p ${S}/m4
+    cp ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/${datadir}/aclocal/introspection.m4 ${S}/m4
 }
 
 # .typelib files are needed at runtime and so they go to the main package (so
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass
index 1034acc..168774a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image-live.bbclass
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 LABELS_LIVE ?= "boot install"
 ROOT_LIVE ?= "root=/dev/ram0"
 INITRD_IMAGE_LIVE ?= "${MLPREFIX}core-image-minimal-initramfs"
-INITRD_LIVE ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${INITRD_IMAGE_LIVE}-${MACHINE}.${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
+INITRD_LIVE ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${INITRD_IMAGE_LIVE}${IMAGE_MACHINE_SUFFIX}.${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
 
 LIVE_ROOTFS_TYPE ?= "ext4"
 ROOTFS ?= "${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}.${LIVE_ROOTFS_TYPE}"
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass
index a6c6c5f..b3bae32 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
             d.appendVar("PACKAGES", " ${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image-zimage-bundle")
 }
 
+# recursivly search for devicetree files
 FILES:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-devicetree = " \
-    /${KERNEL_DTBDEST}/*.dtb \
-    /${KERNEL_DTBDEST}/*.dtbo \
-    /${KERNEL_DTBDEST}/*/*.dtb \
-    /${KERNEL_DTBDEST}/*/*.dtbo \
+    /${KERNEL_DTBDEST}/**/*.dtb \
+    /${KERNEL_DTBDEST}/**/*.dtbo \
 "
+
 FILES:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image-zimage-bundle = "/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/zImage-*.dtb.bin"
 
 # Generate kernel+devicetree bundle
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 	for dtbf in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
 		dtb=`normalize_dtb "$dtbf"`
 		dtb_path=`get_real_dtb_path_in_kernel "$dtb"`
-		if [ ${KERNEL_DTBVENDORED} == "false" ]; then
+		if "${@'false' if oe.types.boolean(d.getVar('KERNEL_DTBVENDORED')) else 'true'}"; then
 			dtb_ext=${dtb##*.}
 			dtb_base_name=`basename $dtb .$dtb_ext`
 			dtb=$dtb_base_name.$dtb_ext
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 		dtb_ext=${dtb##*.}
 		dtb_base_name=`basename $dtb .$dtb_ext`
 		install -d $deployDir
-		if [ ${KERNEL_DTBVENDORED} == "false" ]; then
+		if "${@'false' if oe.types.boolean(d.getVar('KERNEL_DTBVENDORED')) else 'true'}"; then
 			dtb=$dtb_base_name.$dtb_ext
 		fi
 		install -m 0644 ${D}/${KERNEL_DTBDEST}/$dtb $deployDir/$dtb_base_name-${KERNEL_DTB_NAME}.$dtb_ext
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index 8f022b23..4bce64c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 KERNEL_OUTPUT_DIR ?= "arch/${ARCH}/boot"
 KERNEL_IMAGEDEST ?= "boot"
 KERNEL_DTBDEST ?= "${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}"
-KERNEL_DTBVENDORED ?= "false"
+KERNEL_DTBVENDORED ?= "0"
 
 #
 # configuration