diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 20a0135..cf43a5d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 KERNEL_DEPLOYSUBDIR ??= "${@ "" if (d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") == "kernel") else d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") }"
 
 PROVIDES += "${@ "virtual/kernel" if (d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") == "kernel") else "" }"
-DEPENDS += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc kmod-native bc-native lzop-native bison-native"
+DEPENDS += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc kmod-native bc-native bison-native"
+DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains("INITRAMFS_FSTYPES", "cpio.lzo", "lzop-native", "", d)}"
+DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains("INITRAMFS_FSTYPES", "cpio.lz4", "lz4-native", "", d)}"
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "depmodwrapper-cross"
 
-do_deploy[depends] += "depmodwrapper-cross:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_deploy[depends] += "depmodwrapper-cross:do_populate_sysroot gzip-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_clean[depends] += "make-mod-scripts:do_clean"
 
 CVE_PRODUCT ?= "linux_kernel"
@@ -94,6 +96,25 @@
         d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_%s-image' % kname, ' %s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower))
         d.setVar('PKG_%s-image-%s' % (kname,typelower), '%s-image-%s-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % (kname, typelower))
         d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY_%s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower), '1')
+        d.setVar('pkg_postinst_%s-image-%s' % (kname,typelower), """set +e
+if [ -n "$D" ]; then
+    ln -sf %s-${KERNEL_VERSION} $D/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/%s > /dev/null 2>&1
+else
+    ln -sf %s-${KERNEL_VERSION} ${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/%s > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Filesystem on ${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/ doesn't support symlinks, falling back to copied image (%s)."
+        install -m 0644 ${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/%s-${KERNEL_VERSION} ${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/%s
+    fi
+fi
+set -e
+""" % (type, type, type, type, type, type, type))
+        d.setVar('pkg_postrm_%s-image-%s' % (kname,typelower), """set +e
+if [ -f "${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/%s" -o -L "${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/%s" ]; then
+    rm -f ${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/%s  > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+set -e
+""" % (type, type, type))
+
 
     image = d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE')
     # If the INTIRAMFS_IMAGE is set but the INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE is set to 0,
@@ -210,7 +231,7 @@
 				;;
 			*lz4)
 				echo "lz4 decompressing image"
-				lz4 -df ${B}/usr/${INITRAMFS_IMAGE_NAME}.$img
+				lz4 -df ${B}/usr/${INITRAMFS_IMAGE_NAME}.$img ${B}/usr/${INITRAMFS_IMAGE_NAME}.cpio
 				break
 				;;
 			*lzo)
@@ -385,9 +406,6 @@
 	install -d ${D}/boot
 	for imageType in ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPES} ; do
 		install -m 0644 ${KERNEL_OUTPUT_DIR}/${imageType} ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${imageType}-${KERNEL_VERSION}
-		if [ "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}" = "kernel" ]; then
-			ln -sf ${imageType}-${KERNEL_VERSION} ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${imageType}
-		fi
 	done
 	install -m 0644 System.map ${D}/boot/System.map-${KERNEL_VERSION}
 	install -m 0644 .config ${D}/boot/config-${KERNEL_VERSION}
@@ -463,7 +481,7 @@
 
 	# Copy files required for module builds
 	cp System.map $kerneldir/System.map-${KERNEL_VERSION}
-	cp Module.symvers $kerneldir/
+	[ -e Module.symvers ] && cp Module.symvers $kerneldir/
 	cp .config $kerneldir/
 	mkdir -p $kerneldir/include/config
 	cp include/config/kernel.release $kerneldir/include/config/kernel.release
@@ -729,8 +747,6 @@
 		done
 	fi
 }
-do_deploy[cleandirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR}"
-do_deploy[dirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR} ${B}"
 do_deploy[prefuncs] += "package_get_auto_pr"
 
 addtask deploy after do_populate_sysroot do_packagedata