diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index b8b77bbc784fa4179184b4eb6c7036968cd548ad..3f429ed8b3b885a5a0af7d22d26c05cd9eac49e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,42 @@ These examples will disable most options (allnoconfig) but enable or
 disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified
 mini-config files.
 
+______________________________________________________________________
+Environment variables for 'randconfig'
+
+KCONFIG_SEED
+--------------------------------------------------
+You can set this to the integer value used to seed the RNG, if you want
+to somehow debug the behaviour of the kconfig parser/frontends.
+If not set, the current time will be used.
+
+KCONFIG_PROBABILITY
+--------------------------------------------------
+This variable can be used to skew the probabilities. This variable can
+be unset or empty, or set to three different formats:
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY     y:n split           y:m:n split
+	-----------------------------------------------------------------
+	unset or empty          50  : 50            33  : 33  : 34
+	N                        N  : 100-N         N/2 : N/2 : 100-N
+    [1] N:M                     N+M : 100-(N+M)      N  :  M  : 100-(N+M)
+    [2] N:M:L                    N  : 100-N          M  :  L  : 100-(M+L)
+
+where N, M and L are integers (in base 10) in the range [0,100], and so
+that:
+    [1] N+M is in the range [0,100]
+    [2] M+L is in the range [0,100]
+
+Examples:
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=10
+		10% of booleans will be set to 'y', 90% to 'n'
+		5% of tristates will be set to 'y', 5% to 'm', 90% to 'n'
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=15:25
+		40% of booleans will be set to 'y', 60% to 'n'
+		15% of tristates will be set to 'y', 25% to 'm', 60% to 'n'
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=10:15:15
+		10% of booleans will be set to 'y', 90% to 'n'
+		15% of tristates will be set to 'y', 15% to 'm', 70% to 'n'
+
 ______________________________________________________________________
 Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig'
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 231b4759c714dae5aa9034ef1365e1338cc3bb72..844bc9da08dacf866e9f769318faa15f90e5c136 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_gconf.o	= `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0` \
 
 HOSTLOADLIBES_mconf   = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ldflags $(HOSTCC))
 
-HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf	= -lmenu -lpanel -lncurses
+HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf	= $(shell \
+				pkg-config --libs menu panel ncurses 2>/dev/null \
+				|| echo "-lmenu -lpanel -lncurses"  )
 $(obj)/qconf.o: $(obj)/.tmp_qtcheck
 
 ifeq ($(qconf-target),1)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index e39fcd8143ea78b2c9c10a2983610fe75bbcb2e3..bde5b95c8c19dadea25bcb357ed6362daeb4f42a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "lkc.h"
 
@@ -514,14 +515,23 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		{
 			struct timeval now;
 			unsigned int seed;
+			char *seed_env;
 
 			/*
 			 * Use microseconds derived seed,
 			 * compensate for systems where it may be zero
 			 */
 			gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
-
 			seed = (unsigned int)((now.tv_sec + 1) * (now.tv_usec + 1));
+
+			seed_env = getenv("KCONFIG_SEED");
+			if( seed_env && *seed_env ) {
+				char *endp;
+				int tmp = (int)strtol(seed_env, &endp, 10);
+				if (*endp == '\0') {
+					seed = tmp;
+				}
+			}
 			srand(seed);
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 13ddf1126c2a05d82eaa8171c75ee8949d4092cc..43eda40c38383e007a3ab66c755a86a085eef9cc 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -1106,10 +1106,54 @@ static void set_all_choice_values(struct symbol *csym)
 void conf_set_all_new_symbols(enum conf_def_mode mode)
 {
 	struct symbol *sym, *csym;
-	int i, cnt;
+	int i, cnt, pby, pty, ptm;	/* pby: probability of boolean  = y
+					 * pty: probability of tristate = y
+					 * ptm: probability of tristate = m
+					 */
+
+	pby = 50; pty = ptm = 33; /* can't go as the default in switch-case
+				   * below, otherwise gcc whines about
+				   * -Wmaybe-uninitialized */
+	if (mode == def_random) {
+		int n, p[3];
+		char *env = getenv("KCONFIG_PROBABILITY");
+		n = 0;
+		while( env && *env ) {
+			char *endp;
+			int tmp = strtol( env, &endp, 10 );
+			if( tmp >= 0 && tmp <= 100 ) {
+				p[n++] = tmp;
+			} else {
+				errno = ERANGE;
+				perror( "KCONFIG_PROBABILITY" );
+				exit( 1 );
+			}
+			env = (*endp == ':') ? endp+1 : endp;
+			if( n >=3 ) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		switch( n ) {
+		case 1:
+			pby = p[0]; ptm = pby/2; pty = pby-ptm;
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			pty = p[0]; ptm = p[1]; pby = pty + ptm;
+			break;
+		case 3:
+			pby = p[0]; pty = p[1]; ptm = p[2];
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if( pty+ptm > 100 ) {
+			errno = ERANGE;
+			perror( "KCONFIG_PROBABILITY" );
+			exit( 1 );
+		}
+	}
 
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
-		if (sym_has_value(sym))
+		if (sym_has_value(sym) || (sym->flags & SYMBOL_VALID))
 			continue;
 		switch (sym_get_type(sym)) {
 		case S_BOOLEAN:
@@ -1125,8 +1169,15 @@ void conf_set_all_new_symbols(enum conf_def_mode mode)
 				sym->def[S_DEF_USER].tri = no;
 				break;
 			case def_random:
-				cnt = sym_get_type(sym) == S_TRISTATE ? 3 : 2;
-				sym->def[S_DEF_USER].tri = (tristate)(rand() % cnt);
+				sym->def[S_DEF_USER].tri = no;
+				cnt = rand() % 100;
+				if (sym->type == S_TRISTATE) {
+					if (cnt < pty)
+						sym->def[S_DEF_USER].tri = yes;
+					else if (cnt < (pty+ptm))
+						sym->def[S_DEF_USER].tri = mod;
+				} else if (cnt < pby)
+					sym->def[S_DEF_USER].tri = yes;
 				break;
 			default:
 				continue;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/list.h b/scripts/kconfig/list.h
index 0ae730be5f49d87025601300ba3a7bb86110f3eb..685d80e1bb0e77de75a97a2ada22991131597b58 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/list.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/list.h
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ struct list_head {
 	     &pos->member != (head); 	\
 	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
 
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
+ * @pos:	the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @n:		another type * to use as temporary storage
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, head, member)			\
+	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member),	\
+		n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	     &pos->member != (head);					\
+	     pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.next, typeof(*n), member))
+
 /**
  * list_empty - tests whether a list is empty
  * @head: the list to test.
@@ -88,4 +101,31 @@ static inline void list_add_tail(struct list_head *_new, struct list_head *head)
 	__list_add(_new, head->prev, head);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Delete a list entry by making the prev/next entries
+ * point to each other.
+ *
+ * This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
+ * the prev/next entries already!
+ */
+static inline void __list_del(struct list_head *prev, struct list_head *next)
+{
+	next->prev = prev;
+	prev->next = next;
+}
+
+#define LIST_POISON1  ((void *) 0x00100100)
+#define LIST_POISON2  ((void *) 0x00200200)
+/**
+ * list_del - deletes entry from list.
+ * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
+ * Note: list_empty() on entry does not return true after this, the entry is
+ * in an undefined state.
+ */
+static inline void list_del(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+	__list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
+	entry->next = (struct list_head*)LIST_POISON1;
+	entry->prev = (struct list_head*)LIST_POISON2;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 80788137c670b2b7e7740c99803f03edd9803a3f..9d2a4c585ee18526f4f141988f965852c2765e73 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # What library to link
 ldflags()
 {
+	pkg-config --libs ncursesw 2>/dev/null && exit
+	pkg-config --libs ncurses 2>/dev/null && exit
 	for ext in so a dll.a dylib ; do
 		for lib in ncursesw ncurses curses ; do
 			$cc -print-file-name=lib${lib}.${ext} | grep -q /
@@ -20,12 +22,12 @@ ldflags()
 ccflags()
 {
 	if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/curses.h ]; then
-		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncursesw/curses.h>"'
+		echo '-I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>"'
 		echo ' -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/curses.h ]; then
-		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses/curses.h>"'
+		echo '-I/usr/include/ncurses -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>"'
 	elif [ -f /usr/include/ncurses.h ]; then
 		echo '-DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>"'
 	else
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h
index 307022a8beef1ac758080b3299853c8eae5e043d..1099337079b6ab93463ddb9f707e518adcf01666 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h
@@ -106,8 +106,14 @@ struct dialog_color {
 	int hl;		/* highlight this item */
 };
 
+struct subtitle_list {
+	struct subtitle_list *next;
+	const char *text;
+};
+
 struct dialog_info {
 	const char *backtitle;
+	struct subtitle_list *subtitles;
 	struct dialog_color screen;
 	struct dialog_color shadow;
 	struct dialog_color dialog;
@@ -196,6 +202,7 @@ int on_key_resize(void);
 
 int init_dialog(const char *backtitle);
 void set_dialog_backtitle(const char *backtitle);
+void set_dialog_subtitles(struct subtitle_list *subtitles);
 void end_dialog(int x, int y);
 void attr_clear(WINDOW * win, int height, int width, chtype attr);
 void dialog_clear(void);
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
index 109d53117d223682254502b51b6414d7404852e2..a0e97c29941023a36ad05708610e62853818255a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
@@ -257,12 +257,48 @@ void dialog_clear(void)
 	attr_clear(stdscr, LINES, COLS, dlg.screen.atr);
 	/* Display background title if it exists ... - SLH */
 	if (dlg.backtitle != NULL) {
-		int i;
+		int i, len = 0, skip = 0;
+		struct subtitle_list *pos;
 
 		wattrset(stdscr, dlg.screen.atr);
 		mvwaddstr(stdscr, 0, 1, (char *)dlg.backtitle);
+
+		for (pos = dlg.subtitles; pos != NULL; pos = pos->next) {
+			/* 3 is for the arrow and spaces */
+			len += strlen(pos->text) + 3;
+		}
+
 		wmove(stdscr, 1, 1);
-		for (i = 1; i < COLS - 1; i++)
+		if (len > COLS - 2) {
+			const char *ellipsis = "[...] ";
+			waddstr(stdscr, ellipsis);
+			skip = len - (COLS - 2 - strlen(ellipsis));
+		}
+
+		for (pos = dlg.subtitles; pos != NULL; pos = pos->next) {
+			if (skip == 0)
+				waddch(stdscr, ACS_RARROW);
+			else
+				skip--;
+
+			if (skip == 0)
+				waddch(stdscr, ' ');
+			else
+				skip--;
+
+			if (skip < strlen(pos->text)) {
+				waddstr(stdscr, pos->text + skip);
+				skip = 0;
+			} else
+				skip -= strlen(pos->text);
+
+			if (skip == 0)
+				waddch(stdscr, ' ');
+			else
+				skip--;
+		}
+
+		for (i = len + 1; i < COLS - 1; i++)
 			waddch(stdscr, ACS_HLINE);
 	}
 	wnoutrefresh(stdscr);
@@ -302,6 +338,11 @@ void set_dialog_backtitle(const char *backtitle)
 	dlg.backtitle = backtitle;
 }
 
+void set_dialog_subtitles(struct subtitle_list *subtitles)
+{
+	dlg.subtitles = subtitles;
+}
+
 /*
  * End using dialog functions.
  */
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 566288a763709e1c6c6fb138ad2162a54a4b12c6..387dc8daf7b2d43ff96b735f6bd60b4c650f85a8 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -311,6 +311,50 @@ static void set_config_filename(const char *config_filename)
 		filename[sizeof(filename)-1] = '\0';
 }
 
+struct subtitle_part {
+	struct list_head entries;
+	const char *text;
+};
+static LIST_HEAD(trail);
+
+static struct subtitle_list *subtitles;
+static void set_subtitle(void)
+{
+	struct subtitle_part *sp;
+	struct subtitle_list *pos, *tmp;
+
+	for (pos = subtitles; pos != NULL; pos = tmp) {
+		tmp = pos->next;
+		free(pos);
+	}
+
+	subtitles = NULL;
+	list_for_each_entry(sp, &trail, entries) {
+		if (sp->text) {
+			if (pos) {
+				pos->next = xcalloc(sizeof(*pos), 1);
+				pos = pos->next;
+			} else {
+				subtitles = pos = xcalloc(sizeof(*pos), 1);
+			}
+			pos->text = sp->text;
+		}
+	}
+
+	set_dialog_subtitles(subtitles);
+}
+
+static void reset_subtitle(void)
+{
+	struct subtitle_list *pos, *tmp;
+
+	for (pos = subtitles; pos != NULL; pos = tmp) {
+		tmp = pos->next;
+		free(pos);
+	}
+	subtitles = NULL;
+	set_dialog_subtitles(subtitles);
+}
 
 struct search_data {
 	struct list_head *head;
@@ -353,6 +397,8 @@ static void search_conf(void)
 	char *dialog_input;
 	int dres, vscroll = 0, hscroll = 0;
 	bool again;
+	struct gstr sttext;
+	struct subtitle_part stpart;
 
 	title = str_new();
 	str_printf( &title, _("Enter %s (sub)string to search for "
@@ -379,6 +425,11 @@ static void search_conf(void)
 	if (strncasecmp(dialog_input_result, CONFIG_, strlen(CONFIG_)) == 0)
 		dialog_input += strlen(CONFIG_);
 
+	sttext = str_new();
+	str_printf(&sttext, "Search (%s)", dialog_input_result);
+	stpart.text = str_get(&sttext);
+	list_add_tail(&stpart.entries, &trail);
+
 	sym_arr = sym_re_search(dialog_input);
 	do {
 		LIST_HEAD(head);
@@ -389,8 +440,10 @@ static void search_conf(void)
 			.targets = targets,
 			.keys = keys,
 		};
+		struct jump_key *pos, *tmp;
 
 		res = get_relations_str(sym_arr, &head);
+		set_subtitle();
 		dres = show_textbox_ext(_("Search Results"), (char *)
 					str_get(&res), 0, 0, keys, &vscroll,
 					&hscroll, &update_text, (void *)
@@ -402,9 +455,13 @@ static void search_conf(void)
 				again = true;
 			}
 		str_free(&res);
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, &head, entries)
+			free(pos);
 	} while (again);
 	free(sym_arr);
 	str_free(&title);
+	list_del(trail.prev);
+	str_free(&sttext);
 }
 
 static void build_conf(struct menu *menu)
@@ -589,16 +646,24 @@ static void conf(struct menu *menu, struct menu *active_menu)
 {
 	struct menu *submenu;
 	const char *prompt = menu_get_prompt(menu);
+	struct subtitle_part stpart;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	int res;
 	int s_scroll = 0;
 
+	if (menu != &rootmenu)
+		stpart.text = menu_get_prompt(menu);
+	else
+		stpart.text = NULL;
+	list_add_tail(&stpart.entries, &trail);
+
 	while (1) {
 		item_reset();
 		current_menu = menu;
 		build_conf(menu);
 		if (!child_count)
 			break;
+		set_subtitle();
 		dialog_clear();
 		res = dialog_menu(prompt ? _(prompt) : _("Main Menu"),
 				  _(menu_instructions),
@@ -640,13 +705,17 @@ static void conf(struct menu *menu, struct menu *active_menu)
 		case 2:
 			if (sym)
 				show_help(submenu);
-			else
+			else {
+				reset_subtitle();
 				show_helptext(_("README"), _(mconf_readme));
+			}
 			break;
 		case 3:
+			reset_subtitle();
 			conf_save();
 			break;
 		case 4:
+			reset_subtitle();
 			conf_load();
 			break;
 		case 5:
@@ -679,6 +748,8 @@ static void conf(struct menu *menu, struct menu *active_menu)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	list_del(trail.prev);
 }
 
 static int show_textbox_ext(const char *title, char *text, int r, int c, int
@@ -881,6 +952,7 @@ static int handle_exit(void)
 	int res;
 
 	save_and_exit = 1;
+	reset_subtitle();
 	dialog_clear();
 	if (conf_get_changed())
 		res = dialog_yesno(NULL,
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
index 05274fccb88e2cfed658cdabfec42a481f876f59..81b0c61bb9e2060c18fb9dd315e8a9e0ae8a195a 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
@@ -120,10 +120,18 @@ if [ "$MAKE" = "false" ]; then
 	exit
 fi
 
+# If we have an output dir, setup the O= argument, otherwise leave
+# it blank, since O=. will create an unnecessary ./source softlink
+OUTPUT_ARG=""
+if [ "$OUTPUT" != "." ] ; then
+	OUTPUT_ARG="O=$OUTPUT"
+fi
+
+
 # Use the merged file as the starting point for:
 # alldefconfig: Fills in any missing symbols with Kconfig default
 # allnoconfig: Fills in any missing symbols with # CONFIG_* is not set
-make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$TMP_FILE O=$OUTPUT $ALLTARGET
+make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$TMP_FILE $OUTPUT_ARG $ALLTARGET
 
 
 # Check all specified config values took (might have missed-dependency issues)