diff --git a/lib/functions/compilation/kernel-git.sh b/lib/functions/compilation/kernel-git.sh
index 2ea8d5e94d..46379a5023 100644
--- a/lib/functions/compilation/kernel-git.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/compilation/kernel-git.sh
@@ -177,5 +177,6 @@ function kernel_prepare_git() {
 		GIT_PRE_FETCH_HOOK=kernel_prepare_git_pre_fetch_tags \
 		GIT_BARE_REPO_FOR_WORKTREE="${kernel_git_bare_tree}" \
 		GIT_BARE_REPO_INITIAL_BRANCH="master" \
-		fetch_from_repo "$KERNELSOURCE" "unused:set via GIT_FIXED_WORKDIR" "$KERNELBRANCH" "yes"
+		fetch_from_repo "$KERNELSOURCE" "kernel:${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}" "$KERNELBRANCH" "yes"
+		# second parameter, "dir", is ignored, since we've passed GIT_FIXED_WORKDIR
 }
diff --git a/lib/functions/compilation/patch/drivers-harness.sh b/lib/functions/compilation/patch/drivers-harness.sh
index c1d8674655..bf4a246827 100644
--- a/lib/functions/compilation/patch/drivers-harness.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/compilation/patch/drivers-harness.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ function calculate_hash_for_files() {
 function kernel_drivers_create_patches() {
 	declare kernel_work_dir="${1}"
 	declare kernel_git_revision="${2}"
-	display_alert "Creating patches for kernel drivers" "version: '${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}' kernel_work_dir:'${kernel_work_dir}'" "info"
 
 	declare hash_files # any changes in these two files will trigger a cache miss.
 	calculate_hash_for_files "${SRC}/lib/functions/compilation/patch/drivers_network.sh" "${SRC}/lib/functions/compilation/patch/drivers-harness.sh"
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ function kernel_drivers_create_patches() {
 		display_alert "Using cached drivers patch file for ${LINUXFAMILY}-${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}" "${cache_key}" "cachehit"
 		return
 	fi
+	
+	display_alert "Creating patches for kernel drivers" "version: '${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}' family: '${LINUXFAMILY}'" "info"
 
 	# if it does _not_ exist, fist clear the base, so no old patches are left over
 	run_host_command_logged rm -fv "${cache_dir_base}/${cache_key_base}*"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ function kernel_drivers_create_patches() {
 	kernel_driver_commit_date=$(git -C "$kernel_work_dir" show -s --format=%ci "$kernel_git_revision")
 	display_alert "Kernel driver commit date" "$kernel_driver_commit_date" "debug"
 
-	display_alert "Preparing patch for drivers" "version: ${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR} kernel_work_dir: ${kernel_work_dir}" "info"
+	display_alert "Preparing patch for drivers" "version: ${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR} kernel_work_dir: ${kernel_work_dir}" "debug"
 
 	kernel_drivers_prepare_harness "${kernel_work_dir}" "${kernel_git_revision}"
 }
diff --git a/lib/functions/configuration/interactive.sh b/lib/functions/configuration/interactive.sh
index 19aaad31a3..6413952976 100644
--- a/lib/functions/configuration/interactive.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/configuration/interactive.sh
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function interactive_config_ask_board_list() {
 function interactive_config_ask_branch() {
 	# if BRANCH not set, display selection menu
 	if [[ -n $BRANCH ]]; then
-		display_alert "Already set BRANCH, skipping interactive" "${BRANCH}" "info"
+		display_alert "Already set BRANCH, skipping interactive" "${BRANCH}" "debug"
 		return 0
 	fi
 	declare -a options=()
diff --git a/lib/functions/general/git.sh b/lib/functions/general/git.sh
index d27f35c8a5..3dc1c6e1bf 100644
--- a/lib/functions/general/git.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/general/git.sh
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fetch_from_repo() {
 	checked_out_revision_mtime="$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S -d "@${checked_out_revision_ts}")" # convert timestamp to local date/time
 	display_alert "checked_out_revision_mtime set!" "${checked_out_revision_mtime} - ${checked_out_revision_ts}" "git"
 
-	display_alert "git checking out revision SHA" "${checked_out_revision}"
+	display_alert "git checking out revision SHA" "${checked_out_revision}" "debug"
 	regular_git checkout -f -q "${checked_out_revision}" # Return the files that are tracked by git to the initial state.
 
 	display_alert "git cleaning" "${checked_out_revision}" "git"
diff --git a/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh b/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh
index 838f11e402..9f5c774849 100644
--- a/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ function check_dir_for_mount_options() {
 }
 
 function trap_handler_reset_output_owner() {
-	display_alert "Resetting output directory owner" "${SRC}/output" "info"
+	display_alert "Resetting output directory owner" "${SRC}/output" "debug"
 	reset_uid_owner "${SRC}/output"
-	display_alert "Resetting tmp directory owner" "${SRC}/.tmp" "info"
+	display_alert "Resetting tmp directory owner" "${SRC}/.tmp" "debug"
 	reset_uid_owner "${SRC}/.tmp"
 }