diff --git a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb
index ae0dc4187c..859dc0e768 100644
--- a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb
+++ b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58 \
                     file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
-PR = "r12"
+PR = "r13"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
 	task-sysmocom-tools \
 	task-sysmocom-debug \
 	minicom vlan patch procps psmisc \
 	ppp rsync sed usbutils openvpn iperf \
-	lcr cronie iproute2"
+	lcr cronie iproute2 i2c-tools"
diff --git a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default
index cbc475915d..7af29532b4 100644
--- a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default
+++ b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 # source the sysvinit configuration file
 . /etc/syslog-startup.conf
+
+# check if we want permanent log files and prepare /var/log
+if [ "${DESTINATION}" = "buffer" -a ! -h /var/log ]; then
+    rm -rf /var/log
+    cd /var
+    ln -s volatile/log log
+elif [ "${DESTINATION}" = "file" -a -h "/var/log" ]; then
+    rm -rf /var/log
+    mkdir /var/log
+fi
diff --git a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_sysmocom.inc b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_sysmocom.inc
index a3b9c967e6..13637d3392 100644
--- a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_sysmocom.inc
+++ b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_sysmocom.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SYSMOCOM := "${@os.path.dirname(bb.data.getVar('FILE', d, True))}"
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${SYSMOCOM}/busybox-${SYSMOCOM_ORIG_PV}:${SYSMOCOM}/files:"
-PRINC = "22"
+PRINC = "23"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://busybox-ifplugd.sh \
             file://ifplugd.sh"
diff --git a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-3.1.1/Module.mk b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-3.1.1/Module.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcaf72f22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-3.1.1/Module.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# EEPROMER
+#
+# Licensed under the GNU General Public License.
+
+EEPROMER_DIR	:= eepromer
+
+EEPROMER_CFLAGS	:= -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual \
+		   -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wnested-externs -Winline \
+		   -W -Wundef -Wmissing-prototypes -Iinclude
+
+EEPROMER_TARGETS	:= eepromer eeprom eeprog
+
+#
+# Programs
+#
+
+$(EEPROMER_DIR)/eepromer: $(EEPROMER_DIR)/eepromer.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
+$(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprom: $(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprom.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
+$(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprog: $(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprog.o $(EEPROMER_DIR)/24cXX.o 
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
+#
+# Objects
+#
+
+$(EEPROMER_DIR)/eepromer.o: $(EEPROMER_DIR)/eepromer.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EEPROMER_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+$(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprom.o: $(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprom.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EEPROMER_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+$(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprog.o: $(EEPROMER_DIR)/eeprog.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EEPROMER_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+$(EEPROMER_DIR)/24cXX.o: $(EEPROMER_DIR)/24cXX.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EEPROMER_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+#
+# Commands
+#
+
+all-eepromer: $(addprefix $(EEPROMER_DIR)/,$(EEPROMER_TARGETS))
+
+strip-eepromer: $(addprefix $(EEPROMER_DIR)/,$(EEPROMER_TARGETS))
+	strip $(addprefix $(EEPROMER_DIR)/,$(EEPROMER_TARGETS))
+
+clean-eepromer:
+	$(RM) $(addprefix $(EEPROMER_DIR)/,*.o $(EEPROMER_TARGETS))
+
+install-eepromer: $(addprefix $(EEPROMER_DIR)/,$(EEPROMER_TARGETS))
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir) $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)
+	for program in $(EEPROMER_TARGETS) ; do \
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(EEPROMER_DIR)/$$program $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir) ; done
+
+uninstall-eepromer:
+	for program in $(EEPROMER_TARGETS) ; do \
+	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/$$program ; \
+	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/$$program.8 ; done
+
+all: all-eepromer
+
+strip: strip-eepromer
+
+clean: clean-eepromer
+
+install: install-eepromer
+
+uninstall: uninstall-eepromer
diff --git a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_3.1.1.bb b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_3.1.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a87534203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_3.1.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+UMMARY = "Set of i2c tools for linux"
+SECTION = "base"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://dl.lm-sensors.org/i2c-tools/releases/${BP}.tar.bz2 \
+           file://Module.mk \
+"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "0fdbff53ebd0b8d9249256d6c56480b1"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "14d4d7d60d1c12e43f2befe239c682a5c44c27682f153d4b58c1e392d2db1700"
+
+inherit autotools
+
+do_compile_prepend() {
+    cp ${WORKDIR}/Module.mk ${S}/eepromer/
+    sed -i 's#/usr/local#${exec_prefix}#' ${S}/Makefile
+    echo "include eepromer/Module.mk" >> ${S}/Makefile
+}
+
+do_install_append() {
+    install -d ${D}${includedir}/linux
+    install -m 0644 include/linux/i2c-dev.h ${D}${includedir}/linux/i2c-dev-user.h
+    rm -f ${D}${includedir}/linux/i2c-dev.h
+}
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-misc"
+FILES_${PN}-misc = "${sbindir}/i2c-stub-from-dump \
+                        ${bindir}/ddcmon \
+                        ${bindir}/decode-edid \
+                        ${bindir}/decode-dimms \
+                        ${bindir}/decode-vaio \
+                       "
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${PN}-misc"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-misc += "perl"