diff --git a/hwpack/omap4-panda-a4.conf b/hwpack/omap4-panda-a4.conf
index e052dfe..c7b90a6 100644
--- a/hwpack/omap4-panda-a4.conf
+++ b/hwpack/omap4-panda-a4.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ conf_netinstall_enable="enable"
 #Kernel:
 #https://rcn-ee.com/repos/deb/wheezy-armhf/LATEST-armv7
 kernel_subarch="armv7"
-kernel_repo="LTS"
+#kernel_repo="LTS"
+kernel_repo="LTS44"
 #kernel_repo="STABLE"
 #kernel_repo="TESTING"
 dtb="omap4-panda-a4.dtb"
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ need_ti_connectivity_firmware=1
 
 SERIAL="ttyO2"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE="${SERIAL},115200n8"
+di_serial_mode="enable"
 #drm_device_identifier="DVI-D-1"
 #drm_device_identifier="HDMI-A-1"
diff --git a/hwpack/omap4-panda-es-b3.conf b/hwpack/omap4-panda-es-b3.conf
index a1a49ec..a4edb54 100644
--- a/hwpack/omap4-panda-es-b3.conf
+++ b/hwpack/omap4-panda-es-b3.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ conf_netinstall_enable="enable"
 #Kernel:
 #https://rcn-ee.com/repos/deb/wheezy-armhf/LATEST-armv7
 kernel_subarch="armv7"
-kernel_repo="LTS"
+#kernel_repo="LTS"
+kernel_repo="LTS44"
 #kernel_repo="STABLE"
 #kernel_repo="TESTING"
 dtb="omap4-panda-es-b3.dtb"
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ need_ti_connectivity_firmware=1
 
 SERIAL="ttyO2"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE="${SERIAL},115200n8"
+di_serial_mode="enable"
 #drm_device_identifier="DVI-D-1"
 #drm_device_identifier="HDMI-A-1"
diff --git a/hwpack/omap4-panda-es.conf b/hwpack/omap4-panda-es.conf
index 8b274b9..5cd6f1c 100644
--- a/hwpack/omap4-panda-es.conf
+++ b/hwpack/omap4-panda-es.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ conf_netinstall_enable="enable"
 #Kernel:
 #https://rcn-ee.com/repos/deb/wheezy-armhf/LATEST-armv7
 kernel_subarch="armv7"
-kernel_repo="LTS"
+#kernel_repo="LTS"
+kernel_repo="LTS44"
 #kernel_repo="STABLE"
 #kernel_repo="TESTING"
 dtb="omap4-panda-es.dtb"
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ need_ti_connectivity_firmware=1
 
 SERIAL="ttyO2"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE="${SERIAL},115200n8"
+di_serial_mode="enable"
 #drm_device_identifier="DVI-D-1"
 #drm_device_identifier="HDMI-A-1"
diff --git a/hwpack/omap4-panda.conf b/hwpack/omap4-panda.conf
index e429f8f..5948001 100644
--- a/hwpack/omap4-panda.conf
+++ b/hwpack/omap4-panda.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ conf_netinstall_enable="enable"
 #Kernel:
 #https://rcn-ee.com/repos/deb/wheezy-armhf/LATEST-armv7
 kernel_subarch="armv7"
-kernel_repo="LTS"
+#kernel_repo="LTS"
+kernel_repo="LTS44"
 #kernel_repo="STABLE"
 #kernel_repo="TESTING"
 dtb="omap4-panda.dtb"
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ need_ti_connectivity_firmware=1
 
 SERIAL="ttyO2"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE="${SERIAL},115200n8"
+di_serial_mode="enable"
 #drm_device_identifier="DVI-D-1"
 #drm_device_identifier="HDMI-A-1"