diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index c6f67e8923..90a863f44a 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="linux"
-PKG_VERSION="2.6.39-rc4"
+PKG_VERSION="2.6.39-rc5"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 432a72d48d..0000000000
--- a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur linux-2.6.38-rc5/drivers/ata/libata-core.c linux-2.6.38-rc5.patch/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
---- linux-2.6.38-rc5/drivers/ata/libata-core.c	2011-02-16 04:23:45.000000000 +0100
-+++ linux-2.6.38-rc5.patch/drivers/ata/libata-core.c	2011-02-22 00:57:25.789636966 +0100
-@@ -4139,6 +4139,7 @@
- 	 */
- 	{ "PIONEER DVD-RW  DVRTD08",	"1.00",	ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER },
- 	{ "PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-212D",	"1.28", ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER },
-+	{ "PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-216D",	"1.07",	ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER },
- 
- 	/* End Marker */
- 	{ }
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-000_crosscompile.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-000_crosscompile.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-000_crosscompile.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-000_crosscompile.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-002_bash_only_feature.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-002_bash_only_feature.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-002_bash_only_feature.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-003-no_dev_console.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-003-no_dev_console.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-003-no_dev_console.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-003-no_dev_console.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-006_enable_utf8.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-006_enable_utf8.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-007_die_floppy_die.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-007_die_floppy_die.patch
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rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-007_die_floppy_die.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
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rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-054_nuvoton-cir-only-warn-about-unknown-chips.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-054_nuvoton-cir-only-warn-about-unknown-chips.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-055_nuvoton-cir-enable-CIR-on-w83667hg-chip-variant.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-055_nuvoton-cir-enable-CIR-on-w83667hg-chip-variant.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-055_nuvoton-cir-enable-CIR-on-w83667hg-chip-variant.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-321-linux_omap_dss2_fix_SMC_instructions.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-321-linux_omap_dss2_fix_SMC_instructions.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-720_usb-wakeup.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc5-720_usb-wakeup.patch
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