diff --git a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
index e911e75..70d3cfe 100644
--- a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " kernel-devicetree kernel-image-zimage"
 do_image_wic[depends] += "mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 
-SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyO0"
+SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyO0"
+SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "${SERIAL_CONSOLES}"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.18%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.0%"
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "zImage"
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "am335x-bone.dtb am335x-boneblack.dtb am335x-bonegreen.dtb"
diff --git a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf
index b7a94e9..88592db 100644
--- a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #@TYPE: Machine
 #@NAME: Edgerouter
-#@DESCRIPTION: Edgerouter
+#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for a generic edgerouter
 
 require conf/machine/include/tune-mips64.inc
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 KERNEL_IMAGE_STRIP_EXTRA_SECTIONS  = ".comment"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.18%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.0%"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyS0"
 USE_VT ?= "0"
diff --git a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
index 12f7c0d..c489462 100644
--- a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #@TYPE: Machine
-#@NAME: Generic X86_64.
-
-#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for generic X86_64 (64-bit) PCs and servers. Supports a moderately wide range of drivers that should boot and be usable on "typical" hardware.
+#@NAME: Generic x86_64
+#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for generic x86_64 (64-bit) PCs and servers. Supports a moderately wide range of drivers that should boot and be usable on "typical" hardware.
 
 DEFAULTTUNE ?= "core2-64"
 require conf/machine/include/tune-core2.inc
diff --git a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf
index 798b62e..9929d27 100644
--- a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #@TYPE: Machine
-#@NAME: Generic X86.
-
-#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for generic X86 (32-bit) PCs. Supports a moderately wide range of drivers that should boot and be usable on "typical" hardware.
+#@NAME: Generic x86
+#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for generic x86 (32-bit) PCs. Supports a moderately wide range of drivers that should boot and be usable on "typical" hardware.
 
 DEFAULTTUNE ?= "core2-32"
 require conf/machine/include/tune-core2.inc
diff --git a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
index 6f5b985..e2dce56 100644
--- a/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #@TYPE: Machine
-#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for running
+#@NAME: Freescale MPC8315E-RDB
+#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for Freescale MPC8315E-RDB
 
 TARGET_FPU = ""
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES = "keyboard pci ext2 ext3 serial"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.18%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.0%"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver ?= "xserver-xorg"