Index: share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -p -u -r1.63 bsd.kmodule.mk
--- share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk	1 Dec 2019 20:24:47 -0000	1.63
+++ share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk	18 Feb 2020 01:08:16 -0000
@@ -172,7 +172,13 @@ ${PROG}: ${OBJS} ${DPADD} ${KMODSCRIPT}
 ##### Install rules
 .if !target(kmodinstall)
 .if !defined(KMODULEDIR)
+.if ${KERNEL_DIR:Uno} == "yes"
+KMODULEDIR=	${DESTDIR}/netbsd/modules/${KMOD}
+_INST_DIRS=	${DESTDIR}/netbsd
+_INST_DIRS+=	${DESTDIR}/netbsd/modules
+_INST_DIRS+=	${DESTDIR}/netbsd/modules/${KMOD}
 _OSRELEASE!=	${HOST_SH} $S/conf/osrelease.sh -k
+.else
 # Ensure these are recorded properly in METALOG on unprived installes:
 KMODULEARCHDIR?= ${MACHINE}
 _INST_DIRS=	${DESTDIR}/stand/${KMODULEARCHDIR}
@@ -180,6 +186,7 @@ _INST_DIRS+=	${DESTDIR}/stand/${KMODULEA
 _INST_DIRS+=	${DESTDIR}/stand/${KMODULEARCHDIR}/${_OSRELEASE}/modules
 KMODULEDIR=	${DESTDIR}/stand/${KMODULEARCHDIR}/${_OSRELEASE}/modules/${KMOD}
 .endif
+.endif
 _PROG:=		${KMODULEDIR}/${PROG} # installed path
 
 .if ${MKUPDATE} == "no"
Index: sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/Makefile.boot
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/Makefile.boot,v
retrieving revision 1.73
diff -u -p -u -r1.73 Makefile.boot
--- sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/Makefile.boot	13 Sep 2019 02:19:45 -0000	1.73
+++ sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/Makefile.boot	18 Feb 2020 01:08:17 -0000
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ CFLAGS+= -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wst
 CPPFLAGS+= -nostdinc -D_STANDALONE
 CPPFLAGS+= -I$S
 
+.if ${KERNEL_DIR:Uno} == "yes"
+CPPFLAGS+= -DKERNEL_DIR
+.endif
+
 CPPFLAGS+= -DSUPPORT_PS2
 CPPFLAGS+= -DDIRECT_SERIAL
 CPPFLAGS+= -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=boot_params.bp_consdev
Index: sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot2.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot2.c,v
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -p -u -r1.72 boot2.c
--- sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot2.c	2 Sep 2019 06:10:24 -0000	1.72
+++ sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot2.c	18 Feb 2020 01:08:17 -0000
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ bootit(const char *filename, int howto)
 	if (howto & AB_VERBOSE)
 		printf("booting %s (howto 0x%x)\n", sprint_bootsel(filename),
 		    howto);
+#ifdef KERNEL_DIR
+	char path[512];
+	strcpy(path, filename);
+	strcat(path, "/kernel");
+	(void)exec_netbsd(path, 0, howto, boot_biosdev < 0x80, clearit);
+#endif
 
 	if (exec_netbsd(filename, 0, howto, boot_biosdev < 0x80, clearit) < 0)
 		printf("boot: %s: %s\n", sprint_bootsel(filename),
Index: sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/exec.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/exec.c,v
retrieving revision 1.75
diff -u -p -u -r1.75 exec.c
--- sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/exec.c	7 Dec 2019 02:29:03 -0000	1.75
+++ sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/exec.c	18 Feb 2020 01:08:17 -0000
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static void	module_add_common(const char
 static void	userconf_init(void);
 
 static void	extract_device(const char *, char *, size_t);
-static void	module_base_path(char *, size_t);
+static void	module_base_path(char *, size_t, const char *);
 static int	module_open(boot_module_t *, int, const char *, const char *,
 		    bool);
 
@@ -653,8 +653,15 @@ module_open(boot_module_t *bm, int mode,
 }
 
 static void
-module_base_path(char *buf, size_t bufsize)
+module_base_path(char *buf, size_t bufsize, const char *kernel_path)
 {
+#ifdef KERNEL_DIR
+	/* we cheat here, because %.* does not work with the mini printf */
+	char *ptr = strrchr(kernel_path, '/');
+	if (ptr) *ptr = '\0';
+	snprintf(buf, bufsize, "%s/modules", kernel_path);
+	if (ptr) *ptr = '/';
+#else
 	const char *machine;
 
 	switch (netbsd_elf_class) {
@@ -682,6 +689,7 @@ module_base_path(char *buf, size_t bufsi
 		    netbsd_version / 100000000,
 		    netbsd_version / 1000000 % 100);
 	}
+#endif
 }
 
 static void
@@ -697,7 +705,7 @@ module_init(const char *kernel_path)
 	int err, fd, nfail = 0;
 
 	extract_device(kernel_path, kdev, sizeof(kdev));
-	module_base_path(module_base, sizeof(module_base));
+	module_base_path(module_base, sizeof(module_base), kernel_path);
 
 	/* First, see which modules are valid and calculate btinfo size */
 	len = sizeof(struct btinfo_modulelist);
Index: sys/arch/x86/x86/x86_machdep.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/x86/x86/x86_machdep.c,v
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -u -p -u -r1.135 x86_machdep.c
--- sys/arch/x86/x86/x86_machdep.c	29 Jan 2020 01:54:34 -0000	1.135
+++ sys/arch/x86/x86/x86_machdep.c	18 Feb 2020 01:08:17 -0000
@@ -1161,6 +1161,13 @@ x86_startup(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+const char *
+get_booted_kernel(void)
+{
+	const struct btinfo_bootpath *bibp = lookup_bootinfo(BTINFO_BOOTPATH);
+	return bibp ? bibp->bootpath : NULL;
+}
+
 /* 
  * machine dependent system variables.
  */
Index: sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.268
diff -u -p -u -r1.268 Makefile.kern.inc
--- sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc	5 Feb 2019 08:33:25 -0000	1.268
+++ sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc	18 Feb 2020 01:08:18 -0000
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ CPPFLAGS+=	${INCLUDES} ${IDENT} -D_KERNE
 .if !defined(COVERITY_TOP_CONFIG)
 CPPFLAGS+=	-std=gnu99
 .endif
+.if ${KERNEL_DIR:Uno} == "yes"
+CPPFLAGS+=	-DKERNEL_DIR
+.endif
 DEFCOPTS?=	-O2
 COPTS?=		${DEFCOPTS}
 DBG=		# might contain unwanted -Ofoo
@@ -413,10 +416,17 @@ install: install-kernel-${MACHINE_NAME}
 .if !target(install-kernel-${MACHINE_NAME})
 install-kernel-${MACHINE_NAME}:
 .for _K in ${KERNIMAGES}
+.if ${KERNEL_DIR:Uno} == "yes"
+	rm -fr ${DESTDIR}/o${_K}
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/${_K} ${DESTDIR}/o${_K}
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/${_K}
+	cp ${_K} ${DESTDIR}/${_K}/kernel
+.else
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/o${_K}
 	ln ${DESTDIR}/${_K} ${DESTDIR}/o${_K}
 	cp ${_K} ${DESTDIR}/n${_K}
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/n${_K} ${DESTDIR}/${_K}
+.endif
 .endfor
 .endif
 .endif
Index: sys/kern/kern_module.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/kern/kern_module.c,v
retrieving revision 1.146
diff -u -p -u -r1.146 kern_module.c
--- sys/kern/kern_module.c	22 Jan 2020 22:39:27 -0000	1.146
+++ sys/kern/kern_module.c	18 Feb 2020 01:08:19 -0000
@@ -420,6 +420,12 @@ module_init(void)
 	module_init_md();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef KERNEL_DIR
+	const char *booted_kernel = get_booted_kernel();
+	char *ptr = strrchr(booted_kernel, '/');
+	snprintf(module_base, sizeof(module_base), "/%.*s/modules",
+	    (int)(ptr - booted_kernel), booted_kernel);
+#else
 	if (!module_machine)
 		module_machine = machine;
 #if __NetBSD_Version__ / 1000000 % 100 == 99	/* -current */
@@ -430,6 +436,7 @@ module_init(void)
 	    module_machine, __NetBSD_Version__ / 100000000,
 	    __NetBSD_Version__ / 1000000 % 100);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 	module_listener = kauth_listen_scope(KAUTH_SCOPE_SYSTEM,
 	    module_listener_cb, NULL);
Index: sys/sys/systm.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/sys/systm.h,v
retrieving revision 1.293
diff -u -p -u -r1.293 systm.h
--- sys/sys/systm.h	8 Feb 2020 07:07:07 -0000	1.293
+++ sys/sys/systm.h	18 Feb 2020 01:08:20 -0000
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ extern int boothowto;		/* reboot flags, 
 #define	bootverbose	(boothowto & AB_VERBOSE)
 #define	bootquiet	(boothowto & AB_QUIET)
 
+extern const char *get_booted_kernel(void);
+
 extern void (*v_putc)(int); /* Virtual console putc routine */
 
 /*
Index: distrib/sets/mkvars.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/sets/mkvars.mk,v
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -p -u -r1.37 mkvars.mk
--- distrib/sets/mkvars.mk	16 Apr 2019 21:20:51 -0000	1.37
+++ distrib/sets/mkvars.mk	18 Feb 2020 01:15:22 -0000
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ MKEXTRAVARS= \
 	OBJECT_FMT \
 	TOOLCHAIN_MISSING \
 	EXTSRCS \
+	KERNEL_DIR \
 	MKMANZ \
 	MKBFD \
 	MKCOMPAT \
Index: distrib/sets/sets.subr
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/sets/sets.subr,v
retrieving revision 1.187
diff -u -p -u -r1.187 sets.subr
--- distrib/sets/sets.subr	2 Oct 2019 11:16:00 -0000	1.187
+++ distrib/sets/sets.subr	18 Feb 2020 01:15:22 -0000
@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ xlists="xbase xcomp $xdebugset xetc xfon
 extlists="extbase extcomp extetc"
 
 OSRELEASE=$(${HOST_SH} ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/sys/conf/osrelease.sh -k)
-MODULEDIR="stand/${MACHINE}/${OSRELEASE}/modules"
+if [ "${KERNEL_DIR}" = "yes" ]; then
+	MODULEDIR="netbsd/modules"
+else
+	MODULEDIR="stand/${MACHINE}/${OSRELEASE}/modules"
+fi
 SUBST="s#@MODULEDIR@#${MODULEDIR}#g"
 SUBST="${SUBST};s#@OSRELEASE@#${OSRELEASE}#g"
 SUBST="${SUBST};s#@MACHINE@#${MACHINE}#g"
Index: distrib/sets/lists/base/mi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/sets/lists/base/mi,v
retrieving revision 1.1229
diff -u -p -u -r1.1229 mi
--- distrib/sets/lists/base/mi	11 Feb 2020 11:36:52 -0000	1.1229
+++ distrib/sets/lists/base/mi	18 Feb 2020 01:12:28 -0000
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@
 ./sbin/zfs					base-zfs-bin            zfs
 ./sbin/zpool					base-zfs-bin            zfs
 ./stand						base-sys-root
+./netbsd					base-sys-root		kernel_dir
 ./tmp						base-sys-root
 ./usr						base-sys-root
 ./usr/bin					base-sys-usr
Index: distrib/sets/lists/modules/mi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/sets/lists/modules/mi,v
retrieving revision 1.132
diff -u -p -u -r1.132 mi
--- distrib/sets/lists/modules/mi	11 Feb 2020 11:36:53 -0000	1.132
+++ distrib/sets/lists/modules/mi	18 Feb 2020 01:08:23 -0000
@@ -483,5 +483,6 @@
 ./@MODULEDIR@/zlib				modules-base-kernel     kmod
 ./@MODULEDIR@/zlib/zlib.kmod			modules-base-kernel     kmod
 ./etc/mtree/set.modules				modules-sys-root	kmod
-./stand/@MACHINE@				modules-base-kernel	kmod
-./stand/@MACHINE@/@OSRELEASE@			modules-base-kernel	kmod
+./stand/@MACHINE@				modules-base-kernel	kmod,!kernel_dir
+./stand/@MACHINE@/@OSRELEASE@			modules-base-kernel	kmod,!kernel_dir
+./netbsd								kmod,kernel_dir