diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
index 98e32b349a..f2791212bb 100644
--- a/include/image.mk
+++ b/include/image.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ JFFS2OPTS     :=  --pad --big-endian --squash
 SQUASHFS_OPTS :=  -be
 endif
 
+JFFS2OPTS+= $(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_JFFS2_RTIME)$(LINUX_2_4),-X,-x) rtime
+JFFS2OPTS+= $(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_JFFS2_ZLIB),-X,-x) zlib
+JFFS2OPTS+= $(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_JFFS2_LZMA)$(LINUX_2_4),-X,-x) lzma
+JFFS2OPTS+= $(JFFS2COMPR) --compression-mode=size
+
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_LINUX_2_4)$(CONFIG_LINUX_2_6_25),)
 USE_SQUASHFS3 := y
 endif
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),y)
   ifeq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2),y)
     define Image/mkfs/jffs2/sub
 		# FIXME: removing this line will cause strange behaviour in the foreach loop below
-		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfs.jffs2 $(JFFS2OPTS) -e $(patsubst %k,%KiB,$(1)) -o $(KDIR)/root.jffs2-$(1) -d $(TARGET_DIR)
+		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfs.jffs2 $(JFFS2OPTS) -e $(patsubst %k,%KiB,$(1)) -o $(KDIR)/root.jffs2-$(1) -d $(TARGET_DIR) -v 2>&1 1>/dev/null | awk '/^.+$$$$/'
 		$(call add_jffs2_mark,$(KDIR)/root.jffs2-$(1))
 		$(call Image/Build,jffs2-$(1))
     endef
diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 300139cab0..0969b844a0 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ define Kernel/Configure/2.6
 endef
 define Kernel/Configure/Default
 	$(LINUX_CONFCMD) > $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
-	echo "$(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_KALLSYMS),CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y,# CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set)" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
-	echo "$(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_PROFILING),CONFIG_PROFILING=y,# CONFIG_PROFILING is not set)" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
-	echo "$(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_DEBUG_FS),CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y,# CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is not set)" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
+# copy CONFIG_KERNEL_* settings over to .config.target
+	awk '/^(#[[:space:]]+)?CONFIG_KERNEL/{sub("CONFIG_KERNEL_","CONFIG_");print}' $(TOPDIR)/.config >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
 	echo "# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
 	echo "# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
 	echo "# CONFIG_KPROBES is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target