1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index a4db9f5375..8d4a733f54 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -236,20 +236,21 @@ kernel_do_install() {
         # dir. This ensures the original Makefiles are used and not the
         # redirecting Makefiles in the build directory.
         #
-        # work and sysroots can be on different partitions, so we can't rely on
-        # hardlinking, unfortunately.
-        #
-        find . -depth -not -name "*.cmd" -not -name "*.o" -not -path "./.*" -print0 | cpio --null -pdu $kerneldir
+        find . -depth -not -name "*.cmd" -not -name "*.o" -not -path "./Documentation*" -not -path "./.*" -print0 | cpio --null -pdlu $kerneldir
         cp .config $kerneldir
         if [ "${S}" != "${B}" ]; then
                 pwd="$PWD"
                 cd "${S}"
-                find . -depth -not -path "./.*" -print0 | cpio --null -pdu $kerneldir
+                find . -depth -not -path "./Documentation*" -not -path "./.*" -print0 | cpio --null -pdlu $kerneldir
                 cd "$pwd"
         fi
         install -m 0644 ${KERNEL_OUTPUT} $kerneldir/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}
         install -m 0644 System.map $kerneldir/System.map-${KERNEL_VERSION}
 
+        # Dummy Makefile so the clean below works
+        mkdir $kerneldir/Documentation
+        touch $kerneldir/Documentation/Makefile
+
         #
         # Clean and remove files not needed for building modules.
         # Some distributions go through a lot more trouble to strip out
@@ -262,22 +263,21 @@ kernel_do_install() {
         oe_runmake -C $kerneldir CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" clean
         make -C $kerneldir _mrproper_scripts
         find $kerneldir -path $kerneldir/lib -prune -o -path $kerneldir/tools -prune -o -path $kerneldir/scripts -prune -o -name "*.[csS]" -exec rm '{}' \;
-        find $kerneldir/Documentation -name "*.txt" -exec rm '{}' \;
 
         # As of Linux kernel version 3.0.1, the clean target removes
         # arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o which is present in
         # KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE, making it required to build external modules.
         if [ ${ARCH} = "powerpc" ]; then
-                cp arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o $kerneldir/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
+                cp -l arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o $kerneldir/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
         fi
 
         # Necessary for building modules like compat-wireless.
         if [ -f include/generated/bounds.h ]; then
-                cp include/generated/bounds.h $kerneldir/include/generated/bounds.h
+                cp -l include/generated/bounds.h $kerneldir/include/generated/bounds.h
         fi
         if [ -d arch/${ARCH}/include/generated ]; then
                 mkdir -p $kerneldir/arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/
-                cp -fR arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/* $kerneldir/arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/
+                cp -flR arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/* $kerneldir/arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/
         fi
 
         # Remove the following binaries which cause strip or arch QA errors