diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index ebcb79a..a724645 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -294,14 +294,10 @@
 		# kernel sources do not use do_unpack, so SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH may not
 		# be set....
 		if [ "${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" = "" -o "${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" = "0" ]; then
-			olddir=`pwd`
-			cd ${S}
-			SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=`git log  -1 --pretty=%ct`
-			# git repo not guaranteed, so fall back to REPRODUCIBLE_TIMESTAMP_ROOTFS
-			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-				SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=${REPRODUCIBLE_TIMESTAMP_ROOTFS}
-			fi
-			cd $olddir
+			# The source directory is not necessarily a git repository, so we
+			# specify the git-dir to ensure that git does not query a
+			# repository in any parent directory.
+			SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=`git --git-dir="${S}/.git" log -1 --pretty=%ct 2>/dev/null || echo "${REPRODUCIBLE_TIMESTAMP_ROOTFS}"`
 		fi
 
 		ts=`LC_ALL=C date -d @$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`
@@ -508,7 +504,7 @@
 	:
 }
 
-KERNEL_CONFIG_COMMAND ?= "oe_runmake_call -C ${S} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" O=${B} olddefconfig || oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" oldnoconfig"
+KERNEL_CONFIG_COMMAND ?= "oe_runmake_call -C ${S} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" O=${B} olddefconfig || oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" oldnoconfig"
 
 python check_oldest_kernel() {
     oldest_kernel = d.getVar('OLDEST_KERNEL')
@@ -570,9 +566,9 @@
 # Allow machines to override this dependency if kernel image files are
 # not wanted in images as standard
 RDEPENDS_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base ?= "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image"
-PKG_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image = "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image-${@legitimize_package_name('${KERNEL_VERSION}')}"
+PKG_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image = "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image-${@legitimize_package_name(d.getVar('KERNEL_VERSION'))}"
 RDEPENDS_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image += "${@oe.utils.conditional('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', 'vmlinux', '${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-vmlinux', '', d)}"
-PKG_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-${@legitimize_package_name('${KERNEL_VERSION}')}"
+PKG_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-${@legitimize_package_name(d.getVar('KERNEL_VERSION'))}"
 RPROVIDES_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base += "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
 ALLOW_EMPTY_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME} = "1"
 ALLOW_EMPTY_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = "1"
@@ -613,6 +609,9 @@
 	if [ -f ../../../vmlinuz.bin ]; then
 		ln -sf ../../../vmlinuz.bin
 	fi
+	if [ -f ../../../vmlinux.64 ]; then
+		ln -sf ../../../vmlinux.64
+	fi
 }
 addtask kernel_link_images after do_compile before do_strip