diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c761fb1..7680d7c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@
   KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
 endif
 
-ifeq ("$(origin W)", "command line")
-  export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS := $(W)
-endif
-
 # That's our default target when none is given on the command line
 PHONY := _all
 _all:
@@ -153,8 +149,18 @@
 _all: modules
 endif
 
-srctree		:= $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(KBUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
-objtree		:= $(CURDIR)
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+        # building in the source tree
+        srctree := .
+else
+        ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC)/,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+                # building in a subdirectory of the source tree
+                srctree := ..
+        else
+                srctree := $(KBUILD_SRC)
+        endif
+endif
+objtree		:= .
 src		:= $(srctree)
 obj		:= $(objtree)
 
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@
 # SUBARCH tells the usermode build what the underlying arch is.  That is set
 # first, and if a usermode build is happening, the "ARCH=um" on the command
 # line overrides the setting of ARCH below.  If a native build is happening,
-# then ARCH is assigned, getting whatever value it gets normally, and 
+# then ARCH is assigned, getting whatever value it gets normally, and
 # SUBARCH is subsequently ignored.
 
 SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/ \
@@ -259,18 +265,18 @@
 KBUILD_MODULES :=
 KBUILD_BUILTIN := 1
 
-#	If we have only "make modules", don't compile built-in objects.
-#	When we're building modules with modversions, we need to consider
-#	the built-in objects during the descend as well, in order to
-#	make sure the checksums are up to date before we record them.
+# If we have only "make modules", don't compile built-in objects.
+# When we're building modules with modversions, we need to consider
+# the built-in objects during the descend as well, in order to
+# make sure the checksums are up to date before we record them.
 
 ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),modules)
   KBUILD_BUILTIN := $(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),1)
 endif
 
-#	If we have "make <whatever> modules", compile modules
-#	in addition to whatever we do anyway.
-#	Just "make" or "make all" shall build modules as well
+# If we have "make <whatever> modules", compile modules
+# in addition to whatever we do anyway.
+# Just "make" or "make all" shall build modules as well
 
 ifneq ($(filter all _all modules,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
   KBUILD_MODULES := 1
@@ -294,7 +300,7 @@
 #         cmd_cc_o_c       = $(CC) $(c_flags) -c -o $@ $<
 #
 # If $(quiet) is empty, the whole command will be printed.
-# If it is set to "quiet_", only the short version will be printed. 
+# If it is set to "quiet_", only the short version will be printed.
 # If it is set to "silent_", nothing will be printed at all, since
 # the variable $(silent_cmd_cc_o_c) doesn't exist.
 #
@@ -346,7 +352,6 @@
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 # Make variables (CC, etc...)
-
 AS		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)as
 LD		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
 CC		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
@@ -395,8 +400,8 @@
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common \
 		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
-		   -Wno-format-security \
-		   $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
+		   -Wno-format-security
+
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__
@@ -504,8 +509,16 @@
 # We're called with mixed targets (*config and build targets).
 # Handle them one by one.
 
-%:: FORCE
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree) KBUILD_SRC= $@
+PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) __build_one_by_one
+
+$(filter-out __build_one_by_one, $(MAKECMDGOALS)): __build_one_by_one
+	@:
+
+__build_one_by_one:
+	$(Q)set -e; \
+	for i in $(MAKECMDGOALS); do \
+		$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile $$i; \
+	done
 
 else
 ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
@@ -520,11 +533,9 @@
 export KBUILD_DEFCONFIG KBUILD_KCONFIG
 
 config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux include/config
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
 
 %config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux include/config
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
 
 else
@@ -594,14 +605,16 @@
 # Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
 all: vmlinux
 
+include $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
+
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
+
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -O2
 endif
 
-include $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
-
 ifdef CONFIG_READABLE_ASM
 # Disable optimizations that make assembler listings hard to read.
 # reorder blocks reorders the control in the function
@@ -731,6 +744,8 @@
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
 endif
 
+include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+
 # Add user supplied CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS as the last assignments
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(KCPPFLAGS)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(KAFLAGS)
@@ -775,10 +790,10 @@
 export MODLIB
 
 #
-#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
-#  stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
-#  the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
-#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the options to the strip command.
+# INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
+# stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
+# the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
+# INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the options to the strip command.
 
 ifdef INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 ifeq ($(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP),1)
@@ -863,7 +878,7 @@
 endif
 	+$(call if_changed,link-vmlinux)
 
-# The actual objects are generated when descending, 
+# The actual objects are generated when descending,
 # make sure no implicit rule kicks in
 $(sort $(vmlinux-deps)): $(vmlinux-dirs) ;
 
@@ -1021,11 +1036,11 @@
 
 all: modules
 
-#	Build modules
+# Build modules
 #
-#	A module can be listed more than once in obj-m resulting in
-#	duplicate lines in modules.order files.  Those are removed
-#	using awk while concatenating to the final file.
+# A module can be listed more than once in obj-m resulting in
+# duplicate lines in modules.order files.  Those are removed
+# using awk while concatenating to the final file.
 
 PHONY += modules
 modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) modules.builtin
@@ -1054,10 +1069,10 @@
 	@rm -rf $(MODLIB)/kernel
 	@rm -f $(MODLIB)/source
 	@mkdir -p $(MODLIB)/kernel
-	@ln -s $(srctree) $(MODLIB)/source
+	@ln -s `cd $(srctree) && /bin/pwd` $(MODLIB)/source
 	@if [ ! $(objtree) -ef  $(MODLIB)/build ]; then \
 		rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
-		ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
+		ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
 	fi
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
@@ -1104,7 +1119,7 @@
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config usr/include include/generated          \
-                  arch/*/include/generated .tmp_objdiff
+		  arch/*/include/generated .tmp_objdiff
 MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version .old_version $(version_h) \
 		  Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \
 		  signing_key.priv signing_key.x509 x509.genkey		\
@@ -1478,7 +1493,7 @@
 	$(build)=$(build-dir) $(@:.ko=.o)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
 
-# FIXME Should go into a make.lib or something 
+# FIXME Should go into a make.lib or something
 # ===========================================================================
 
 quiet_cmd_rmdirs = $(if $(wildcard $(rm-dirs)),CLEAN   $(wildcard $(rm-dirs)))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 426dce7..ccc25ed 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@
 $(obj)/zImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits)
 	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*,,,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
 
-$(obj)/zImage.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits)
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*)
+$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(sort $(filter zImage.%, $(image-y)))): vmlinux $(wrapperbits)
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,$(subst $(obj)/zImage.,,$@))
 
 # dtbImage% - a dtbImage is a zImage with an embedded device tree blob
 $(obj)/dtbImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) $(obj)/%.dtb
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 36e658a..e4b1a96 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@
 KBUILD_KCONFIG := $(HOST_DIR)/um/Kconfig
 
 archheaders:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C '$(srctree)' KBUILD_SRC= \
-		ARCH=$(HEADER_ARCH) O='$(objtree)' archheaders
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_SRC= ARCH=$(HEADER_ARCH) archheaders
 
 archprepare: include/generated/user_constants.h
 
diff --git a/firmware/Makefile b/firmware/Makefile
index cbb09ce..5747417 100644
--- a/firmware/Makefile
+++ b/firmware/Makefile
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 # Create $(fwabs) from $(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR) -- if it doesn't have a
 # leading /, it's relative to $(srctree).
-fwdir := $(subst ",,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR))
+fwdir := $(subst $(quote),,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR))
 fwabs := $(addprefix $(srctree)/,$(filter-out /%,$(fwdir)))$(filter /%,$(fwdir))
 
-fw-external-y := $(subst ",,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE))
+fw-external-y := $(subst $(quote),,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE))
 
 # There are three cases to care about:
 # 1. Building kernel with CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y -- $(fw-shipped-y) should
@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@
 
 fw-shipped-all := $(fw-shipped-y) $(fw-shipped-m) $(fw-shipped-)
 
-# Directories which we _might_ need to create, so we have a rule for them.
-firmware-dirs := $(sort $(addprefix $(objtree)/$(obj)/,$(dir $(fw-external-y) $(fw-shipped-all))))
-
-quiet_cmd_mkdir = MKDIR   $(patsubst $(objtree)/%,%,$@)
-      cmd_mkdir = mkdir -p $@
-
 quiet_cmd_ihex  = IHEX    $@
       cmd_ihex  = $(OBJCOPY) -Iihex -Obinary $< $@
 
@@ -184,21 +178,10 @@
 		include/config/superh32.h include/config/superh64.h \
 		include/config/x86_32.h include/config/x86_64.h)
 
-# Workaround for make < 3.81, where .SECONDEXPANSION doesn't work.
-# It'll end up depending on these targets, so make them a PHONY rule which
-# depends on _all_ the directories in $(firmware-dirs), and it'll work out OK.
-PHONY += $(objtree)/$$(%) $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(%)
-$(objtree)/$$(%) $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(%): $(firmware-dirs)
-	@true
-
-# For the $$(dir %) trick, where we need % to be expanded first.
-.SECONDEXPANSION:
-
-$(patsubst %,$(obj)/%.gen.S, $(fw-shipped-y)): %: $(wordsize_deps) \
-		| $(objtree)/$$(dir %)
+$(patsubst %,$(obj)/%.gen.S, $(fw-shipped-y)): %: $(wordsize_deps)
 	$(call cmd,fwbin,$(patsubst %.gen.S,%,$@))
 $(patsubst %,$(obj)/%.gen.S, $(fw-external-y)): %: $(wordsize_deps) \
-		include/config/extra/firmware/dir.h | $(objtree)/$$(dir %)
+		include/config/extra/firmware/dir.h
 	$(call cmd,fwbin,$(fwabs)/$(patsubst $(obj)/%.gen.S,%,$@))
 
 # The .o files depend on the binaries directly; the .S files don't.
@@ -207,7 +190,7 @@
 
 # .ihex is used just as a simple way to hold binary files in a source tree
 # where binaries are frowned upon. They are directly converted with objcopy.
-$(obj)/%: $(obj)/%.ihex | $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(dir %)
+$(obj)/%: $(obj)/%.ihex
 	$(call cmd,ihex)
 
 # Don't depend on ihex2fw if we're installing and it already exists.
@@ -226,16 +209,13 @@
 # is actually meaningful, because the firmware has to be loaded in a certain
 # order rather than as a single binary blob. Thus, we convert them into our
 # more compact binary representation of ihex records (<linux/ihex.h>)
-$(obj)/%.fw: $(obj)/%.HEX $(ihex2fw_dep) | $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(dir %)
+$(obj)/%.fw: $(obj)/%.HEX $(ihex2fw_dep)
 	$(call cmd,ihex2fw)
 
 # .H16 is our own modified form of Intel HEX, with 16-bit length for records.
-$(obj)/%.fw: $(obj)/%.H16 $(ihex2fw_dep) | $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(dir %)
+$(obj)/%.fw: $(obj)/%.H16 $(ihex2fw_dep)
 	$(call cmd,h16tofw)
 
-$(firmware-dirs):
-	$(call cmd,mkdir)
-
 obj-y				 += $(patsubst %,%.gen.o, $(fw-external-y))
 obj-$(CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL) += $(patsubst %,%.gen.o, $(fw-shipped-y))
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 1d07860..890df5c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
 subdir-$(CONFIG_DTC)         += dtc
 
 # Let clean descend into subdirs
-subdir-	+= basic kconfig package selinux
+subdir-	+= basic kconfig package
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 003bc26..bf3e677 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -50,67 +50,6 @@
         endif
 endif
 
-#
-# make W=... settings
-#
-# W=1 - warnings that may be relevant and does not occur too often
-# W=2 - warnings that occur quite often but may still be relevant
-# W=3 - the more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored
-#
-# $(call cc-option, -W...) handles gcc -W.. options which
-# are not supported by all versions of the compiler
-ifdef KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
-warning-  := $(empty)
-
-warning-1 := -Wextra -Wunused -Wno-unused-parameter
-warning-1 += -Wmissing-declarations
-warning-1 += -Wmissing-format-attribute
-warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-prototypes)
-warning-1 += -Wold-style-definition
-warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-include-dirs)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wunused-but-set-variable)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, missing-field-initializers)
-
-# Clang
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, initializer-overrides)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-value)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, format)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, unknown-warning-option)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, sign-compare)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-zero-length)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, uninitialized)
-warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -fcatch-undefined-behavior)
-
-warning-2 := -Waggregate-return
-warning-2 += -Wcast-align
-warning-2 += -Wdisabled-optimization
-warning-2 += -Wnested-externs
-warning-2 += -Wshadow
-warning-2 += $(call cc-option, -Wlogical-op)
-warning-2 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-field-initializers)
-
-warning-3 := -Wbad-function-cast
-warning-3 += -Wcast-qual
-warning-3 += -Wconversion
-warning-3 += -Wpacked
-warning-3 += -Wpadded
-warning-3 += -Wpointer-arith
-warning-3 += -Wredundant-decls
-warning-3 += -Wswitch-default
-warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wpacked-bitfield-compat)
-warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wvla)
-
-warning := $(warning-$(findstring 1, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))
-warning += $(warning-$(findstring 2, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))
-warning += $(warning-$(findstring 3, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))
-
-ifeq ("$(strip $(warning))","")
-        $(error W=$(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS) is unknown)
-endif
-
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(warning)
-endif
-
 include scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 ifdef host-progs
@@ -342,7 +281,7 @@
 $(real-objs-m:.o=.s): modkern_aflags := $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) $(AFLAGS_MODULE)
 
 quiet_cmd_as_s_S = CPP $(quiet_modtag) $@
-cmd_as_s_S       = $(CPP) $(a_flags)   -o $@ $< 
+cmd_as_s_S       = $(CPP) $(a_flags)   -o $@ $<
 
 $(obj)/%.s: $(src)/%.S FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,as_s_S)
@@ -436,7 +375,7 @@
 $(filter $(addprefix $(obj)/,         \
 $($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-objs)))    \
 $($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-y)))), $^)
- 
+
 quiet_cmd_link_multi-y = LD      $@
 cmd_link_multi-y = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(link_multi_deps) $(cmd_secanalysis)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6564350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# ==========================================================================
+#
+# make W=... settings
+#
+# W=1 - warnings that may be relevant and does not occur too often
+# W=2 - warnings that occur quite often but may still be relevant
+# W=3 - the more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored
+#
+# $(call cc-option, -W...) handles gcc -W.. options which
+# are not supported by all versions of the compiler
+# ==========================================================================
+
+ifeq ("$(origin W)", "command line")
+  export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS := $(W)
+endif
+
+ifdef KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
+warning-  := $(empty)
+
+warning-1 := -Wextra -Wunused -Wno-unused-parameter
+warning-1 += -Wmissing-declarations
+warning-1 += -Wmissing-format-attribute
+warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-prototypes)
+warning-1 += -Wold-style-definition
+warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-include-dirs)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wunused-but-set-variable)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, missing-field-initializers)
+
+# Clang
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, initializer-overrides)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-value)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, format)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, unknown-warning-option)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, sign-compare)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-zero-length)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-disable-warning, uninitialized)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -fcatch-undefined-behavior)
+
+warning-2 := -Waggregate-return
+warning-2 += -Wcast-align
+warning-2 += -Wdisabled-optimization
+warning-2 += -Wnested-externs
+warning-2 += -Wshadow
+warning-2 += $(call cc-option, -Wlogical-op)
+warning-2 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-field-initializers)
+
+warning-3 := -Wbad-function-cast
+warning-3 += -Wcast-qual
+warning-3 += -Wconversion
+warning-3 += -Wpacked
+warning-3 += -Wpadded
+warning-3 += -Wpointer-arith
+warning-3 += -Wredundant-decls
+warning-3 += -Wswitch-default
+warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wpacked-bitfield-compat)
+warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wvla)
+
+warning := $(warning-$(findstring 1, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))
+warning += $(warning-$(findstring 2, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))
+warning += $(warning-$(findstring 3, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))
+
+ifeq ("$(strip $(warning))","")
+        $(error W=$(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS) is unknown)
+endif
+
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(warning)
+endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.fwinst b/scripts/Makefile.fwinst
index 4d908d1..d8e335e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.fwinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.fwinst
@@ -18,31 +18,29 @@
 include scripts/Makefile.host
 
 mod-fw := $(fw-shipped-m)
-# If CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL isn't set, then install the 
+# If CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL isn't set, then install the
 # firmware for in-kernel drivers too.
 ifndef CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
 mod-fw += $(fw-shipped-y)
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+# Create output directory if not already present
+_dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
+
+firmware-dirs := $(sort $(addprefix $(objtree)/$(obj)/,$(dir $(fw-external-y) $(fw-shipped-all))))
+# Create directories for firmware in subdirectories
+_dummy := $(foreach d,$(firmware-dirs), $(shell [ -d $(d) ] || mkdir -p $(d)))
+endif
+
 installed-mod-fw := $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(mod-fw))
 
 installed-fw := $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(fw-shipped-all))
-installed-fw-dirs := $(sort $(dir $(installed-fw))) $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/./
-
-# Workaround for make < 3.81, where .SECONDEXPANSION doesn't work.
-PHONY += $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/$$(%) install-all-dirs
-$(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/$$(%): install-all-dirs
-	@true
-install-all-dirs: $(installed-fw-dirs)
-	@true
 
 quiet_cmd_install = INSTALL $(subst $(srctree)/,,$@)
-      cmd_install = $(INSTALL) -m0644 $< $@
+      cmd_install = mkdir -p $(@D); $(INSTALL) -m0644 $< $@
 
-$(installed-fw-dirs):
-	$(call cmd,mkdir)
-
-$(installed-fw): $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/%: $(obj)/% | $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/$$(dir %)
+$(installed-fw): $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/%: $(obj)/%
 	$(call cmd,install)
 
 PHONY +=  __fw_install __fw_modinst FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index 1ac414fd..0f0d6ba 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -166,5 +166,5 @@
 	$(call if_changed,host-cshlib)
 
 targets += $(host-csingle)  $(host-cmulti) $(host-cobjs)\
-	   $(host-cxxmulti) $(host-cxxobjs) $(host-cshlib) $(host-cshobjs) 
+	   $(host-cxxmulti) $(host-cxxobjs) $(host-cshlib) $(host-cshobjs)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 6a5b0de..260bf8a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-y), replace it by foo/built-in.o
 #   and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-y)
-# o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-m), remove it from $(obj-m) 
+# o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-m), remove it from $(obj-m)
 #   and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-m)
 
 # Determine modorder.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 subdir-ym	:= $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-m))
 
-# if $(foo-objs) exists, foo.o is a composite object 
+# if $(foo-objs) exists, foo.o is a composite object
 multi-used-y := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-y), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
 multi-used-m := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-m), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
 multi-used   := $(multi-used-y) $(multi-used-m)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 # These flags are needed for modversions and compiling, so we define them here
 # already
-# $(modname_flags) #defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module it will 
+# $(modname_flags) #defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module it will
 # end up in (or would, if it gets compiled in)
 # Note: Files that end up in two or more modules are compiled without the
 #       KBUILD_MODNAME definition. The reason is that any made-up name would
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
 # Commands useful for building a boot image
 # ===========================================================================
-# 
+#
 #	Use as following:
 #
 #	target: source(s) FORCE
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 
 quiet_cmd_ld = LD      $@
 cmd_ld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
-	       $(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@ 
+	       $(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
 
 # Objcopy
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/conmakehash.c b/scripts/conmakehash.c
index 263a44d..61bbda5 100644
--- a/scripts/conmakehash.c
+++ b/scripts/conmakehash.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 	}
     }
 
-  /* For now we assume the default font is always 256 characters. */    
+  /* For now we assume the default font is always 256 characters. */
   fontlen = 256;
 
   /* Initialize table */
@@ -236,15 +236,15 @@
     }
 
   /* Okay, we hit EOF, now output hash table */
-  
+
   fclose(ctbl);
-  
+
 
   /* Compute total size of Unicode list */
   nuni = 0;
   for ( i = 0 ; i < fontlen ; i++ )
     nuni += unicount[i];
-  
+
   printf("\
 /*\n\
  * Do not edit this file; it was automatically generated by\n\
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@
       else
         printf(", ");
     }
-  
+
   printf("\nu16 dfont_unitable[%d] = \n{\n\t", nuni);
-  
+
   fp0 = 0;
   nent = 0;
   for ( i = 0 ; i < nuni ; i++ )
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 844bc9d..573ff3f1 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
 	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 silentoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/generated
+	$(Q)mkdir -p include/config include/generated
 	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/generated
+	$(Q)mkdir -p include/config include/generated
 	$(Q)perl $< --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
 	$(Q)if [ -f .config ]; then 					\
 			cmp -s .tmp.config .config ||			\
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
index 3133172..9cb8522 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
 
     # Now we need to see if we have to check selects;
     loop_select;
-}	    
+}
 
 my %setconfigs;
 
diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index cfb8440..6fdc97e 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 ( echo /\* This file is auto generated, version $VERSION \*/
   if [ -n "$CONFIG_FLAGS" ] ; then echo "/* $CONFIG_FLAGS */"; fi
-  
+
   echo \#define UTS_MACHINE \"$ARCH\"
 
   echo \#define UTS_VERSION \"`echo $UTS_VERSION | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 # recompilations.
 # We don't consider the file changed if only the date/time changed.
 # A kernel config change will increase the generation number, thus
-# causing compile.h to be updated (including date/time) due to the 
+# causing compile.h to be updated (including date/time) due to the
 # changed comment in the
 # first line.
 
diff --git a/scripts/mkmakefile b/scripts/mkmakefile
index 0cc0442..84af27b 100644
--- a/scripts/mkmakefile
+++ b/scripts/mkmakefile
@@ -42,18 +42,11 @@
 
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 
-.PHONY: all \$(MAKECMDGOALS)
+.PHONY: __sub-make \$(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
-all	:= \$(filter-out all Makefile,\$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+__sub-make:
+	\$(Q)\$(MAKE) \$(MAKEARGS) \$(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
-all:
-	\$(Q)\$(MAKE) \$(MAKEARGS) \$(all)
-
-Makefile:;
-
-\$(all): all
-	@:
-
-%/: all
+\$(filter-out __sub-make, \$(MAKECMDGOALS)): __sub-make
 	@:
 EOF
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index f46e4dd..b151b63 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	cp System.map "$tmpdir/usr/lib/uml/modules/$version/System.map"
 	cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG "$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/$packagename/config"
 	gzip "$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/$packagename/config"
-else 
+else
 	cp System.map "$tmpdir/boot/System.map-$version"
 	cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG "$tmpdir/boot/config-$version"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/patch-kernel b/scripts/patch-kernel
index d000ea3..49b4241e 100755
--- a/scripts/patch-kernel
+++ b/scripts/patch-kernel
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #       Nick Holloway <Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk>, 2nd January 1995.
 #
 # Added support for handling multiple types of compression. What includes
-# gzip, bzip, bzip2, zip, compress, and plaintext. 
+# gzip, bzip, bzip2, zip, compress, and plaintext.
 #
 #       Adam Sulmicki <adam@cfar.umd.edu>, 1st January 1997.
 #
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
   fi
   # Remove backup files
   find $sourcedir/ '(' -name '*.orig' -o -name '.*.orig' ')' -exec rm -f {} \;
- 
+
   return 0;
 }