diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index bebc6e04d5..d2dcca2f1b 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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 PKG_NAME="linux"
-PKG_VERSION="2.6.38-rc6"
+PKG_VERSION="2.6.38-rc7"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-000_crosscompile.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-000_crosscompile.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-002_bash_only_feature.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-002_bash_only_feature.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-003-no_dev_console.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-003-no_dev_console.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-006_enable_utf8.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-006_enable_utf8.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-007_die_floppy_die.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-007_die_floppy_die.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-051_add_ite-cir_driver-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-051_add_ite-cir_driver-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-054_fix_nuvoton_wakeup-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-054_fix_nuvoton_wakeup-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-110-drm_nouveau_upstream-20110222.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-110-drm_nouveau_upstream-20110222.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-700_701-730_BFS_patches.txt b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-700_701-730_BFS_patches.txt
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-701_sched-bfs-363.patch.disabled b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-701_sched-bfs-363.patch.disabled
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-702_2637-bfs363-nonhotplug_fix.patch.disabled b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-702_2637-bfs363-nonhotplug_fix.patch.disabled
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-702_ck2-version.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-702_ck2-version.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-703_cpufreq-bfs_tweaks.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-703_cpufreq-bfs_tweaks.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-704_hz-default_1000.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-704_hz-default_1000.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-705_hz-no_default_250.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-705_hz-no_default_250.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-706_hz-raise_max.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-706_hz-raise_max.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-707_kconfig-expose_vmsplit_option.patch.disabled b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-707_kconfig-expose_vmsplit_option.patch.disabled
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-708_mm-kswapd_inherit_prio-1.patch.disabled b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-708_mm-kswapd_inherit_prio-1.patch.disabled
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-709_mm-decrease_default_dirty_ratio.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-709_mm-decrease_default_dirty_ratio.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-710_mm-drop_swap_cache_aggressively.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-710_mm-drop_swap_cache_aggressively.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-711_mm-enable_swaptoken_only_when_swap_full.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-711_mm-enable_swaptoken_only_when_swap_full.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-712_mm-background_scan.patch.disabled b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-712_mm-background_scan.patch.disabled
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-713_mm-idleprio_prio-1.patch.disabled b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-713_mm-idleprio_prio-1.patch.disabled
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-714_mm-lru_cache_add_lru_tail.patch.disabled b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-714_mm-lru_cache_add_lru_tail.patch.disabled
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
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diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc6-717_preempt-desktop-tune.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.38-rc7-717_preempt-desktop-tune.patch
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