diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 8d96ebf524e9..b444f2e8fe32 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml device-drivers.xml \
 	    alsa-driver-api.xml writing-an-alsa-driver.xml \
 	    tracepoint.xml drm.xml media_api.xml w1.xml
 
-include $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
+include Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
 
 ###
 # The build process is as follows (targets):
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ PS_METHOD	= $(prefer-db2x)
 # The targets that may be used.
 PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs
 
+targets += $(DOCBOOKS)
 BOOKS := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(DOCBOOKS))
 xmldocs: $(BOOKS)
 sgmldocs: xmldocs
@@ -58,14 +59,14 @@ mandocs: $(MAN)
 
 installmandocs: mandocs
 	mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man9/
-	install Documentation/DocBook/man/*.9.gz /usr/local/man/man9/
+	install $(obj)/man/*.9.gz /usr/local/man/man9/
 
 ###
 #External programs used
 KERNELDOC = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc
 DOCPROC   = $(objtree)/scripts/docproc
 
-XMLTOFLAGS = -m $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl
+XMLTOFLAGS = -m $(srctree)/$(src)/stylesheet.xsl
 XMLTOFLAGS += --skip-validation
 
 ###
@@ -87,21 +88,9 @@ define rule_docproc
         ) > $(dir $@).$(notdir $@).cmd
 endef
 
-%.xml: %.tmpl FORCE
+%.xml: %.tmpl $(KERNELDOC) $(DOCPROC) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,docproc)
 
-###
-#Read in all saved dependency files
-cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(BOOKS),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
-
-ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
-  include $(cmd_files)
-endif
-
-###
-# Changes in kernel-doc force a rebuild of all documentation
-$(BOOKS): $(KERNELDOC)
-
 # Tell kbuild to always build the programs
 always := $(hostprogs-y)
 
@@ -139,7 +128,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF     $@
 
 
 index = index.html
-main_idx = Documentation/DocBook/$(index)
+main_idx = $(obj)/$(index)
 build_main_index = rm -rf $(main_idx); \
 		   echo '<h1>Linux Kernel HTML Documentation</h1>' >> $(main_idx) && \
 		   echo '<h2>Kernel Version: $(KERNELVERSION)</h2>' >> $(main_idx) && \
@@ -148,7 +137,7 @@ build_main_index = rm -rf $(main_idx); \
 quiet_cmd_db2html = HTML    $@
       cmd_db2html = xmlto html $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(patsubst %.html,%,$@) $< && \
 		echo '<a HREF="$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))/index.html"> \
-        $(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))</a><p>' > $@
+		$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))</a><p>' > $@
 
 %.html:	%.xml
 	@(which xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1) || \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00a933bb1f41..cf3e07516a04 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
 # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
 # check that the output directory actually exists
 saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
-KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd)
+KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
+								&& /bin/pwd)
 $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \
-     $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist))
+     $(error failed to create output directory "$(saved-output)"))
 
 PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) sub-make
 
@@ -1079,7 +1080,7 @@ MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version .old_version $(version_h) \
 		  Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \
 		  signing_key.priv signing_key.x509 x509.genkey		\
 		  extra_certificates signing_key.x509.keyid		\
-		  signing_key.x509.signer
+		  signing_key.x509.signer include/linux/version.h
 
 # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules
 #
@@ -1118,8 +1119,7 @@ distclean: mrproper
 	@find $(srctree) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		\( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \
 		-o -name '*.bak' -o -name '#*#' -o -name '.*.orig' \
-		-o -name '.*.rej' \
-		-o -name '*%' -o -name '.*.cmd' -o -name 'core' \) \
+		-o -name '.*.rej' -o -name '*%'  -o -name 'core' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 93a0da26582b..122f95c95869 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # Convenient variables
 comma   := ,
+quote   := "
 squote  := '
 empty   :=
 space   := $(empty) $(empty)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 01e7adb838d9..1d07860f6c42 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ always		:= $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m)
 hostprogs-y += unifdef docproc
 
 # These targets are used internally to avoid "is up to date" messages
-PHONY += build_unifdef
-build_unifdef: scripts/unifdef FORCE
+PHONY += build_unifdef build_docproc
+build_unifdef: $(obj)/unifdef
 	@:
-build_docproc: scripts/docproc FORCE
+build_docproc: $(obj)/docproc
 	@:
 
 subdir-$(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) += genksyms
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 72105d104357..6a5b0decb797 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -380,7 +380,3 @@ quiet_cmd_xzmisc = XZMISC  $@
 cmd_xzmisc = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | \
 	xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB) > $@ || \
 	(rm -f $@ ; false)
-
-# misc stuff
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-quote:="