diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index ece160003d..73dbdaac36 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="linux"
-PKG_VERSION="3.1-rc8"
+PKG_VERSION="3.1-rc9"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-000_crosscompile.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-000_crosscompile.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-000_crosscompile.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-000_crosscompile.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-003-no_dev_console.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-003-no_dev_console.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-003-no_dev_console.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-003-no_dev_console.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-006_enable_utf8.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-006_enable_utf8.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-006_enable_utf8.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-006_enable_utf8.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-007_die_floppy_die.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-007_die_floppy_die.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-007_die_floppy_die.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-007_die_floppy_die.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-053-ati_remote-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-053-ati_remote-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-053-ati_remote-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-053-ati_remote-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-054-nuvoton_revert_d7b290a1056c5564eec8a1b169c6e84ff3f54c13.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-054-nuvoton_revert_d7b290a1056c5564eec8a1b169c6e84ff3f54c13.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-054-nuvoton_revert_d7b290a1056c5564eec8a1b169c6e84ff3f54c13.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-054-nuvoton_revert_d7b290a1056c5564eec8a1b169c6e84ff3f54c13.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-060-fix_dib0700_buffer_access-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-060-fix_dib0700_buffer_access-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-060-fix_dib0700_buffer_access-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-060-fix_dib0700_buffer_access-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-061-add_ITE-IT9135_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-061-add_ITE-IT9135_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-061-add_ITE-IT9135_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-061-add_ITE-IT9135_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc8-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.1-rc9-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch