diff --git a/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass b/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
index f4949f55bd..49ee85ea72 100644
--- a/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ inherit syslinux
 		
 build_boot_bin() {
 	install -d ${HDDDIR}
-	install -m 0644 ${STAGING_DIR}/${MACHINE}${HOST_VENDOR}-${HOST_OS}/kernel/bzImage \
+	install -m 0644 ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/kernel/bzImage \
 	${HDDDIR}/vmlinuz
 
 	if [ -n "${INITRD}" ] && [ -s "${INITRD}" ]; then 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ build_boot_bin() {
 
 		# Install the kernel
 
-		install -m 0644 ${STAGING_DIR}/${MACHINE}${HOST_VENDOR}-${HOST_OS}/kernel/bzImage \
+		install -m 0644 ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/kernel/bzImage \
 		        ${ISODIR}/vmlinuz
 
 		# Install the configuration files
diff --git a/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass b/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
index 3f3a24dd57..993f831a54 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS = "${MULTIMACH_ARCH}${HOST_VENDOR}-${HOST_OS}"
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 
 STAGING_DIR_HOST = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}-nativesdk"
-STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${STAGING_DIR}/${OLD_PACKAGE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}"
 
 TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS = " --sysroot=${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_ARCH}-nativesdk${HOST_VENDOR}-${HOST_OS}"
 
@@ -82,3 +81,5 @@ export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}"
 # Cross-canadian packages need to pull in nativesdk dynamic libs
 SHLIBSDIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${SDK_ARCH}-nativesdk${SDK_VENDOR}-${BUILD_OS}/shlibs"
 
+do_populate_sysroot[stamp-extra-info] = ""
+do_package[stamp-extra-info] = ""
diff --git a/meta/classes/cross.bbclass b/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
index 6d7c7cd463..2564505d6a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ HOST_OS = "${BUILD_OS}"
 HOST_PREFIX = "${BUILD_PREFIX}"
 HOST_CC_ARCH = "${BUILD_CC_ARCH}"
 
+STAGING_DIR_HOST = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASEPKG_HOST_SYS}"
+
+export PKG_CONFIG_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}${libdir}/pkgconfig"
+export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}"
+
 CPPFLAGS = "${BUILD_CPPFLAGS}"
 CFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
 CXXFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/crosssdk.bbclass b/meta/classes/crosssdk.bbclass
index 23db163ba6..08ba823767 100644
--- a/meta/classes/crosssdk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/crosssdk.bbclass
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ target_base_libdir = "${SDKPATHNATIVE}${base_libdir_nativesdk}"
 target_prefix = "${SDKPATHNATIVE}${prefix_nativesdk}"
 target_exec_prefix = "${SDKPATHNATIVE}${exec_prefix_nativesdk}"
 
+do_populate_sysroot[stamp-extra-info] = ""
+do_package[stamp-extra-info] = ""
diff --git a/meta/classes/native.bbclass b/meta/classes/native.bbclass
index aec7fe38a9..545a73eb8b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/native.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/native.bbclass
@@ -120,3 +120,5 @@ do_package_write_ipk[noexec] = "1"
 do_package_write_deb[noexec] = "1"
 do_package_write_rpm[noexec] = "1"
 
+do_populate_sysroot[stamp-extra-info] = ""
+do_package[stamp-extra-info] = ""
diff --git a/meta/classes/nativesdk.bbclass b/meta/classes/nativesdk.bbclass
index 154bd827b6..587a907c44 100644
--- a/meta/classes/nativesdk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/nativesdk.bbclass
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ python () {
 
 #STAGING_DIR_HOST = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}-nativesdk"
 #STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASEPKG_TARGET_SYS}-nativesdk"
+STAGING_DIR_HOST = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASEPKG_HOST_SYS}"
+STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASEPKG_TARGET_SYS}"
 
 HOST_ARCH = "${SDK_ARCH}"
 HOST_VENDOR = "${SDK_VENDOR}"
@@ -79,4 +81,5 @@ python __anonymous () {
     bb.data.setVar("OVERRIDES", bb.data.getVar("OVERRIDES", d, False) + ":virtclass-nativesdk", d)
 }
 
-
+do_populate_sysroot[stamp-extra-info] = ""
+do_package[stamp-extra-info] = ""
diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 8e7fa26f72..1b950bb617 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ do_package[sstate-plaindirs] = "${PKGD} ${PKGDEST}"
 do_package[sstate-inputdirs] = "${PKGDESTWORK} ${SHLIBSWORKDIR}"
 do_package[sstate-outputdirs] = "${PKGDATA_DIR} ${SHLIBSDIR}"
 do_package[sstate-lockfile] = "${PACKAGELOCK}"
+do_package[stamp-extra-info] = "${MACHINE}"
 do_package_setscene[dirs] = "${STAGING_DIR}"
 
 python do_package_setscene () {
diff --git a/meta/classes/siteconfig.bbclass b/meta/classes/siteconfig.bbclass
index 5edc0d6a0b..0813c2543e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/siteconfig.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/siteconfig.bbclass
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ python siteconfig_do_siteconfig () {
 EXTRASITECONFIG ?= ""
 
 siteconfig_do_siteconfig_gencache () {
-	mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/site_config
+	mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/site_config_${MACHINE}
 	gen-site-config ${FILE_DIRNAME}/site_config \
-		>${WORKDIR}/site_config/configure.ac
-	cd ${WORKDIR}/site_config
+		>${WORKDIR}/site_config_${MACHINE}/configure.ac
+	cd ${WORKDIR}/site_config_${MACHINE}
 	autoconf
         CONFIG_SITE="" ${EXTRASITECONFIG} ./configure ${CONFIGUREOPTS} --cache-file ${PN}_cache
 	sed -n -e "/ac_cv_c_bigendian/p" -e "/ac_cv_sizeof_/p" \
diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index 38f2bb99e6..807e8e39aa 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SSTATE_VERSION = "1"
 
 SSTATE_MANIFESTS = "${TMPDIR}/sstate-control"
-SSTATE_MANFILEBASE = "${SSTATE_MANIFESTS}/manifest-${SSTATE_PKGARCH}-"
+SSTATE_MANFILEBASE = "${SSTATE_MANIFESTS}/manifest-${SSTATE_MANMACH}-"
 SSTATE_MANFILEPREFIX = "${SSTATE_MANFILEBASE}${PN}"
 
 
@@ -14,15 +14,22 @@ SSTATE_SCAN_CMD ?= "find ${SSTATE_BUILDDIR} \( -name "*.la" -o -name "*-config"
 
 BB_HASHFILENAME = "${SSTATE_PKGNAME}"
 
+SSTATE_MANMACH ?= "${SSTATE_PKGARCH}"
+
 python () {
     if bb.data.inherits_class('native', d):
         bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', bb.data.getVar('BUILD_ARCH', d), d)
-    elif bb.data.inherits_class('cross', d) or bb.data.inherits_class('crosssdk', d):
+    elif bb.data.inherits_class('cross', d):
+        bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', bb.data.expand("${BUILD_ARCH}_${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}", d), d)
+        bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_MANMACH', bb.data.expand("${BUILD_ARCH}_${MACHINE}", d), d)
+    elif bb.data.inherits_class('crosssdk', d):
         bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', bb.data.expand("${BUILD_ARCH}_${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}", d), d)
     elif bb.data.inherits_class('nativesdk', d):
         bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', bb.data.expand("${SDK_ARCH}", d), d)
     elif bb.data.inherits_class('cross-canadian', d):
         bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', bb.data.expand("${SDK_ARCH}_${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}", d), d)
+    else:
+        bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_MANMACH', bb.data.expand("${MACHINE}", d), d)
 
     # These classes encode staging paths into their scripts data so can only be
     # reused if we manipulate the paths
@@ -147,10 +154,14 @@ def sstate_installpkg(ss, d):
     fixmefn =  sstateinst + "fixmepath"
     if os.path.isfile(fixmefn):
         staging = bb.data.getVar('STAGING_DIR', d, True)
+        staging_target = bb.data.getVar('STAGING_DIR_TARGET', d, True)
+        staging_host = bb.data.getVar('STAGING_DIR_HOST', d, True)
         fixmefd = open(fixmefn, "r")
         fixmefiles = fixmefd.readlines()
         fixmefd.close()
         for file in fixmefiles:
+            os.system("sed -i -e s:FIXMESTAGINGDIRTARGET:%s:g %s" % (staging_target, sstateinst + file))
+            os.system("sed -i -e s:FIXMESTAGINGDIRHOST:%s:g %s" % (staging_host, sstateinst + file))
             os.system("sed -i -e s:FIXMESTAGINGDIR:%s:g %s" % (staging, sstateinst + file))
 
     for state in ss['dirs']:
@@ -248,6 +259,35 @@ python sstate_cleanall() {
              sstate_clean(shared_state, d)
 }
 
+def sstate_hardcode_path(d):
+	# Need to remove hardcoded paths and fix these when we install the
+	# staging packages.
+	sstate_scan_cmd = bb.data.getVar('SSTATE_SCAN_CMD', d, True)
+	p = os.popen("%s" % sstate_scan_cmd)
+	file_list = p.read()
+
+	if file_list == "":
+		p.close()
+		return
+
+	staging = bb.data.getVar('STAGING_DIR', d, True)
+	staging_target = bb.data.getVar('STAGING_DIR_TARGET', d, True)
+	staging_host = bb.data.getVar('STAGING_DIR_HOST', d, True)
+	sstate_builddir = bb.data.getVar('SSTATE_BUILDDIR', d, True)
+
+	for i in file_list.split('\n'):
+		if bb.data.inherits_class('native', d) or bb.data.inherits_class('nativesdk', d) or bb.data.inherits_class('crosssdk', d) or bb.data.inherits_class('cross-canadian', d):
+			cmd = "sed -i -e s:%s:FIXMESTAGINGDIR:g %s" % (staging, i)
+		elif bb.data.inherits_class('cross', d):
+			cmd = "sed -i -e s:%s:FIXMESTAGINGDIRTARGET:g %s \
+				sed -i -e s:%s:FIXMESTAGINGDIR:g %s" % (staging_target, i, staging, i)
+		else:
+			cmd = "sed -i -e s:%s:FIXMESTAGINGDIRHOST:g %s" % (staging_host, i)
+
+		os.system(cmd)
+		os.system("echo %s | sed -e 's:%s::' >> %sfixmepath" % (i, sstate_builddir, sstate_builddir))
+	p.close()
+
 def sstate_package(ss, d):
     import oe.path
 
@@ -273,6 +313,7 @@ def sstate_package(ss, d):
 
     bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_BUILDDIR', sstatebuild, d)
     bb.data.setVar('SSTATE_PKG', sstatepkg, d)
+    sstate_hardcode_path(d)
     bb.build.exec_func('sstate_create_package', d)
     
     bb.siggen.dump_this_task(sstatepkg + ".siginfo", d)
@@ -337,13 +378,6 @@ python sstate_task_postfunc () {
 # set as SSTATE_BUILDDIR
 #
 sstate_create_package () {
-	# Need to remove hardcoded paths and fix these when we install the
-	# staging packages.
-	for i in `${SSTATE_SCAN_CMD}` ; do \
-		sed -i -e s:${STAGING_DIR}:FIXMESTAGINGDIR:g $i
-		echo $i | sed -e 's:${SSTATE_BUILDDIR}::' >> ${SSTATE_BUILDDIR}fixmepath
-	done
-
 	cd ${SSTATE_BUILDDIR}
 	tar -cvzf ${SSTATE_PKG} *
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
index 72d77e2b54..2ef8f29b75 100644
--- a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ SSTATETASKS += "do_populate_sysroot"
 do_populate_sysroot[sstate-name] = "populate-sysroot"
 do_populate_sysroot[sstate-inputdirs] = "${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}"
 do_populate_sysroot[sstate-outputdirs] = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/"
+do_populate_sysroot[stamp-extra-info] = "${MACHINE}"
 
 python do_populate_sysroot_setscene () {
 	sstate_setscene(d)
diff --git a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
index 5ec0e8a4a9..b2165bc275 100644
--- a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ toolchain_create_tree_env_script () {
 	echo 'export TARGET_PREFIX=${TARGET_PREFIX}' >> $script
 	echo 'export CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--target=${TARGET_SYS} --host=${TARGET_SYS} --build=${BUILD_SYS}"' >> $script
 	if [ "${TARGET_OS}" = "darwin8" ]; then
-		echo 'export TARGET_CFLAGS="-I${STAGING_DIR}${TARGET_SYS}${includedir}"' >> $script
-		echo 'export TARGET_LDFLAGS="-L${STAGING_DIR}${TARGET_SYS}${libdir}"' >> $script
+		echo 'export TARGET_CFLAGS="-I${STAGING_DIR}${MACHINE}${includedir}"' >> $script
+		echo 'export TARGET_LDFLAGS="-L${STAGING_DIR}${MACHINE}${libdir}"' >> $script
 		# Workaround darwin toolchain sysroot path problems
 		cd ${SDK_OUTPUT}${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/usr
 		ln -s /usr/local local
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 1c6c7e5f12..db09c75191 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${datadir_native}"
 
 # This should really be MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS but that breaks "all" and machine 
 # specific packages - hack around it for now.
-STAGING_DIR_HOST = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASEPKG_HOST_SYS}"
+STAGING_DIR_HOST = "${STAGING_DIR}/${MACHINE}"
 STAGING_BINDIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${bindir}"
 STAGING_LIBDIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${libdir}"
 STAGING_INCDIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${includedir}"
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ STAGING_PYDIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/lib/python2.4"
 
 # This should really be MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS but that breaks "all" and machine 
 # specific packages - hack around it for now.
-STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASEPKG_TARGET_SYS}"
+STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${STAGING_DIR}/${MACHINE}"
 STAGING_DIR_TCBOOTSTRAP = "${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}-tcbootstrap"
 
 # Setting DEPLOY_DIR outside of TMPDIR is helpful, when you are using
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ SDKPATHNATIVE = "${SDKPATH}/sysroots/${SDK_SYS}"
 ##################################################################
 
 OLDEST_KERNEL = "2.4.0"
-STAGING_KERNEL_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/kernel"
+STAGING_KERNEL_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/kernel"
 
 ##################################################################
 # Specific image creation and rootfs population info.
@@ -601,10 +601,10 @@ SLOT = "0"
 
 # Other
 
-export PKG_CONFIG_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}${libdir}/pkgconfig"
+export PKG_CONFIG_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/${libdir}/pkgconfig"
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH = "${PKG_CONFIG_DIR}:${STAGING_DATADIR}/pkgconfig"
 export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR = "${PKG_CONFIG_DIR}"
-export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}"
+export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}"
 export PKG_CONFIG_DISABLE_UNINSTALLED = "yes"
 
 export QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH = "${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/qmake"
@@ -735,5 +735,5 @@ TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH ??= ${TARGET_ARCH}
 # Setup our default hash policy
 BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER ?= "basic"
 BB_HASHTASK_WHITELIST ?= "(.*-cross$|.*-native$|.*-cross-initial$|.*-cross-intermediate$|^virtual:native:.*|^virtual:nativesdk:.*)"
-BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST ?= "TMPDIR FILE PATH PWD BB_TASKHASH BBPATH DL_DIR SSTATE_DIR THISDIR FILESEXTRAPATHS FILE_DIRNAME HOME LOGNAME SHELL TERM USER FILESPATH USERNAME"
+BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST ?= "TMPDIR FILE PATH PWD BB_TASKHASH BBPATH DL_DIR SSTATE_DIR THISDIR FILESEXTRAPATHS FILE_DIRNAME HOME LOGNAME SHELL TERM USER FILESPATH USERNAME STAGING_DIR_HOST STAGING_DIR_TARGET"