diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
index f76e35af67..3a4ef2c880 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 DEFAULTTUNE ?= "core2-64"
 require conf/machine/include/tune-core2.inc
 require conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
+
+APPEND_genericx86-64 += "i915.preliminary_hw_support=1"
diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend b/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
index fb347a4511..344dbca709 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ KBRANCH_mpc8315e-rdb = "standard/fsl-mpc8315e-rdb"
 KMACHINE_genericx86 ?= "common-pc"
 KMACHINE_genericx86-64 ?= "common-pc-64"
 
-SRCREV_machine_genericx86    ?= "2e0ac7b6c4e3ada23a84756287e9b7051ace939a"
-SRCREV_machine_genericx86-64 ?= "2e0ac7b6c4e3ada23a84756287e9b7051ace939a"
+SRCREV_machine_genericx86    ?= "dd6492b44151164242718855d6c9eebbf0018eac"
+SRCREV_machine_genericx86-64 ?= "dd6492b44151164242718855d6c9eebbf0018eac"
 SRCREV_machine_edgerouter ?= "79a31b9d23db126f8a6be3eb88fd683056a213f1"
 SRCREV_machine_beaglebone ?= "efb6ffb2ca96a364f916c9890ad023fc595e0e6e"
 SRCREV_machine_mpc8315e-rdb ?= "79a31b9d23db126f8a6be3eb88fd683056a213f1"
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_edgerouter = "edgerouter"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_beaglebone = "beaglebone"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_mpc8315e-rdb = "mpc8315e-rdb"
 
-LINUX_VERSION_genericx86 = "4.1.17"
-LINUX_VERSION_genericx86-64 = "4.1.17"
+LINUX_VERSION_genericx86 = "4.1.18"
+LINUX_VERSION_genericx86-64 = "4.1.18"