diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
index 221869e..bde58ad 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 # Zap the root password if debug-tweaks feature is not enabled
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += '${@bb.utils.contains_any("IMAGE_FEATURES", [ 'debug-tweaks', 'empty-root-password' ], "", "zap_empty_root_password ; ",d)}'
 
-# Allow dropbear/openssh to accept logins from accounts with an empty password string if debug-tweaks is enabled
+# Allow dropbear/openssh to accept logins from accounts with an empty password string if debug-tweaks or allow-empty-password is enabled
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += '${@bb.utils.contains_any("IMAGE_FEATURES", [ 'debug-tweaks', 'allow-empty-password' ], "ssh_allow_empty_password; ", "",d)}'
 
+# Allow dropbear/openssh to accept root logins if debug-tweaks or allow-root-login is enabled
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += '${@bb.utils.contains_any("IMAGE_FEATURES", [ 'debug-tweaks', 'allow-root-login' ], "ssh_allow_root_login; ", "",d)}'
+
 # Enable postinst logging if debug-tweaks is enabled
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += '${@bb.utils.contains_any("IMAGE_FEATURES", [ 'debug-tweaks', 'post-install-logging' ], "postinst_enable_logging; ", "",d)}'
 
@@ -36,11 +39,6 @@
 
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += 'empty_var_volatile;'
 
-# Disable DNS lookups, the SSH_DISABLE_DNS_LOOKUP can be overridden to allow
-# distros to choose not to take this change
-SSH_DISABLE_DNS_LOOKUP ?= " ssh_disable_dns_lookup ; "
-ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND_append_qemuall = "${SSH_DISABLE_DNS_LOOKUP}"
-
 # Sort the user and group entries in /etc by ID in order to make the content
 # deterministic. Package installs are not deterministic, causing the ordering
 # of entries to change between builds. In case that this isn't desired,
@@ -143,12 +141,11 @@
 }
 
 #
-# allow dropbear/openssh to accept root logins and logins from accounts with an empty password string
+# allow dropbear/openssh to accept logins from accounts with an empty password string
 #
 ssh_allow_empty_password () {
 	for config in sshd_config sshd_config_readonly; do
 		if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ssh/$config ]; then
-			sed -i 's/^[#[:space:]]*PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/' ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ssh/$config
 			sed -i 's/^[#[:space:]]*PermitEmptyPasswords.*/PermitEmptyPasswords yes/' ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ssh/$config
 		fi
 	done
@@ -171,9 +168,20 @@
 	fi
 }
 
-ssh_disable_dns_lookup () {
-	if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config ]; then
-		sed -i -e 's:#UseDNS yes:UseDNS no:' ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
+#
+# allow dropbear/openssh to accept root logins
+#
+ssh_allow_root_login () {
+	for config in sshd_config sshd_config_readonly; do
+		if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ssh/$config ]; then
+			sed -i 's/^[#[:space:]]*PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/' ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ssh/$config
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sbindir}/dropbear ] ; then
+		if grep -q DROPBEAR_EXTRA_ARGS ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/default/dropbear 2>/dev/null ; then
+			sed -i '/^DROPBEAR_EXTRA_ARGS=/ s/-w//' ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/default/dropbear
+		fi
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -245,7 +253,6 @@
     pkgs = image_list_installed_packages(d)
     with open(manifest_name, 'w+') as image_manifest:
         image_manifest.write(format_pkg_list(pkgs, "ver"))
-        image_manifest.write("\n")
 
     if os.path.exists(manifest_name):
         manifest_link = deploy_dir + "/" + link_name + ".manifest"
@@ -308,17 +315,18 @@
 python write_image_test_data() {
     from oe.data import export2json
 
-    testdata = "%s/%s.testdata.json" % (d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE'), d.getVar('IMAGE_NAME'))
-    testdata_link = "%s/%s.testdata.json" % (d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE'), d.getVar('IMAGE_LINK_NAME'))
+    deploy_dir = d.getVar('IMGDEPLOYDIR')
+    link_name = d.getVar('IMAGE_LINK_NAME')
+    testdata_name = os.path.join(deploy_dir, "%s.testdata.json" % d.getVar('IMAGE_NAME'))
 
-    bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(testdata))
     searchString = "%s/"%(d.getVar("TOPDIR")).replace("//","/")
-    export2json(d, testdata,searchString=searchString,replaceString="")
+    export2json(d, testdata_name, searchString=searchString, replaceString="")
 
-    if testdata_link != testdata:
+    if os.path.exists(testdata_name):
+        testdata_link = os.path.join(deploy_dir, "%s.testdata.json" % link_name)
         if os.path.lexists(testdata_link):
-           os.remove(testdata_link)
-        os.symlink(os.path.basename(testdata), testdata_link)
+            os.remove(testdata_link)
+        os.symlink(os.path.basename(testdata_name), testdata_link)
 }
 write_image_test_data[vardepsexclude] += "TOPDIR"