diff --git a/include/kernel-version.mk b/include/kernel-version.mk
index 99c4d02669660cbc59286ac2d0df17a68c8bfee0..35d1dd05fae6e87be6860342c49e52591c1c44ef 100644
--- a/include/kernel-version.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-version.mk
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ endif
ifeq ($(LINUX_VERSION),2.6.26.5)
LINUX_KERNEL_MD5SUM:=98261b39a558cf0739703ffea7db9f43
endif
-ifeq ($(LINUX_VERSION),2.6.27-rc8)
- LINUX_KERNEL_MD5SUM:=0fe739abe48e834a2ba664a2601328e6
+ifeq ($(LINUX_VERSION),2.6.27-rc9)
+ LINUX_KERNEL_MD5SUM:=d78ffa904cc4a9c4eafd68ce55135198
endif
# disable the md5sum check for unknown kernel versions
diff --git a/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/001-adm5120.patch b/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/001-adm5120.patch
index 909c846caabd51718f30b4382032db836dd2f381..0c94ca2883295ec75672136276131eced646badc 100644
--- a/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/001-adm5120.patch
+++ b/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/001-adm5120.patch
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
config MACH_ALCHEMY
bool "Alchemy processor based machines"
-@@ -597,6 +611,7 @@
+@@ -598,6 +612,7 @@
endchoice
diff --git a/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/140-cmdline_hack.patch b/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/140-cmdline_hack.patch
index 1ced3f62dd064f7b64f6891bf8eedd4db661b1c9..14172fcaf952ebb088aad60354f184da543c143e 100644
--- a/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/140-cmdline_hack.patch
+++ b/target/linux/adm5120/patches-2.6.27/140-cmdline_hack.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
-@@ -126,7 +126,12 @@
+@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@
/*
* Reserved space for exception handlers.
* Necessary for machines which link their kernels at KSEG0.
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/300-mips_fw_myloader.patch b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/300-mips_fw_myloader.patch
index bfff74aad1dbcbd234977d727de110e72a2faf52..a774d21945a8cc9db4595e193dcdffc9f88645e3 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/300-mips_fw_myloader.patch
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/300-mips_fw_myloader.patch
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
libs-$(CONFIG_SIBYTE_CFE) += arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
-@@ -781,6 +781,9 @@
+@@ -782,6 +782,9 @@
config MIPS_DISABLE_OBSOLETE_IDE
bool
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/900-mips_multi_machine_support.patch b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/900-mips_multi_machine_support.patch
index df64d3ff5d6b3b82e9d260691e508013396ed289..7bb410f1f38270563a890dd5909133669d55ea82 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/900-mips_multi_machine_support.patch
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/900-mips_multi_machine_support.patch
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
+
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
-@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
+@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC) += machine_kexec.o relocate_kernel.o
obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK) += early_printk.o
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
-@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@
+@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@
endchoice
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
source "arch/mips/au1000/Kconfig"
source "arch/mips/basler/excite/Kconfig"
source "arch/mips/jazz/Kconfig"
-@@ -787,6 +788,9 @@
+@@ -788,6 +789,9 @@
config SYNC_R4K
bool
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/901-get_c0_compare_irq_function.patch b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/901-get_c0_compare_irq_function.patch
index 52044c9570407756c55290e78e578d1e53303831..c1fee78e28b00c58d4af440766a3f458755a7584 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/901-get_c0_compare_irq_function.patch
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/901-get_c0_compare_irq_function.patch
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
extern void check_wait(void);
extern asmlinkage void r4k_wait(void);
-@@ -1482,6 +1483,8 @@
+@@ -1484,6 +1485,8 @@
*/
if (cpu_has_mips_r2) {
cp0_compare_irq = (read_c0_intctl() >> 29) & 7;
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/902-mips_clocksource_init_war.patch b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/902-mips_clocksource_init_war.patch
index bdf0d0fb69180229c21ca57159b7542c094daad2..564321c7c8dfe90fdfb175dd1c17012c1217523e 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/902-mips_clocksource_init_war.patch
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-2.6.27/902-mips_clocksource_init_war.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
-@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@
- #include <asm/smtc_ipi.h>
- #include <asm/time.h>
+@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@
+ #include <asm/cevt-r4k.h>
-+/*
+ /*
+ * Compare interrupt can be routed and latched outside the core,
+ * so a single execution hazard barrier may not be enough to give
+ * it time to clear as seen in the Cause register. 4 time the
@@ -20,46 +19,38 @@
+ irq_disable_hazard(); \
+ } while (0)
+
- static int mips_next_event(unsigned long delta,
- struct clock_event_device *evt)
- {
-@@ -28,6 +44,7 @@
++/*
+ * The SMTC Kernel for the 34K, 1004K, et. al. replaces several
+ * of these routines with SMTC-specific variants.
+ */
+@@ -30,6 +46,7 @@
cnt = read_c0_count();
cnt += delta;
write_c0_compare(cnt);
+ compare_change_hazard();
res = ((int)(read_c0_count() - cnt) > 0) ? -ETIME : 0;
- #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC
- evpe(vpflags);
-@@ -187,7 +204,7 @@
- */
- if (c0_compare_int_pending()) {
- write_c0_compare(read_c0_count());
-- irq_disable_hazard();
-+ compare_change_hazard();
- if (c0_compare_int_pending())
- return 0;
- }
-@@ -196,7 +213,7 @@
- cnt = read_c0_count();
- cnt += delta;
- write_c0_compare(cnt);
-- irq_disable_hazard();
-+ compare_change_hazard();
- if ((int)(read_c0_count() - cnt) < 0)
- break;
- /* increase delta if the timer was already expired */
-@@ -205,11 +222,12 @@
- while ((int)(read_c0_count() - cnt) <= 0)
- ; /* Wait for expiry */
-
-+ compare_change_hazard();
- if (!c0_compare_int_pending())
- return 0;
-
- write_c0_compare(read_c0_count());
-- irq_disable_hazard();
-+ compare_change_hazard();
- if (c0_compare_int_pending())
- return 0;
+ return res;
+ }
+@@ -99,22 +116,6 @@
+ return (read_c0_cause() >> cp0_compare_irq) & 0x100;
+ }
+-/*
+- * Compare interrupt can be routed and latched outside the core,
+- * so a single execution hazard barrier may not be enough to give
+- * it time to clear as seen in the Cause register. 4 time the
+- * pipeline depth seems reasonably conservative, and empirically
+- * works better in configurations with high CPU/bus clock ratios.
+- */
+-
+-#define compare_change_hazard() \
+- do { \
+- irq_disable_hazard(); \
+- irq_disable_hazard(); \
+- irq_disable_hazard(); \
+- irq_disable_hazard(); \
+- } while (0)
+-
+ int c0_compare_int_usable(void)
+ {
+ unsigned int delta;
diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/011-mips_boot.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/011-mips_boot.patch
index 4eba9095cf58d1a4a9a5682a956bb059bc9c37e2..c2a043acdef9c85e5c568fb148993ca301a3ff21 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/011-mips_boot.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/011-mips_boot.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
-@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@
+@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@
#endif
.endm
diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/840-unable_to_open_console.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/840-unable_to_open_console.patch
index 13df82b9643561834c9ac4c88d8c6688305220c7..c31f68fbda37c616f0664ff9d42410fc907be0a4 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/840-unable_to_open_console.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/840-unable_to_open_console.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
-@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
+@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
numa_default_policy();
if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/921-gpio_spi_driver.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/921-gpio_spi_driver.patch
index f9efb76a1b2eb72bb57016025a840477247f1645..6be8e26d7de548d91111c1cec8242e09ea1e2327 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/921-gpio_spi_driver.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/921-gpio_spi_driver.patch
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX) += pxa2xx_spi.o
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
-@@ -3855,6 +3855,11 @@
+@@ -3854,6 +3854,11 @@
W: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell/
S: Supported
diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/922-gpiommc.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/922-gpiommc.patch
index 33834b564b4661770e2d1f4d2e3b538567bd226b..4fd9dd13e6c955ede8d6d0f1a45111579a3acd14 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/922-gpiommc.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/922-gpiommc.patch
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@
+be done automatically.
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
-@@ -1835,6 +1835,11 @@
+@@ -1833,6 +1833,11 @@
W: http://gigaset307x.sourceforge.net/
S: Maintained