diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index f20af6dd52..59708b2899 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="linux"
-PKG_VERSION="3.0-rc5"
+PKG_VERSION="3.0-rc6"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-000_crosscompile.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-000_crosscompile.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-000_crosscompile.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-000_crosscompile.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-003-no_dev_console.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-003-no_dev_console.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-003-no_dev_console.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-003-no_dev_console.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-006_enable_utf8.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-006_enable_utf8.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-006_enable_utf8.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-006_enable_utf8.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-007_die_floppy_die.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-007_die_floppy_die.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-007_die_floppy_die.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-007_die_floppy_die.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-051-call_input_sync_after_scancode_reports.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-051-call_input_sync_after_scancode_reports.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-051-call_input_sync_after_scancode_reports.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-051-call_input_sync_after_scancode_reports.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-058-add_rtl2832u_dvb-usb_driver-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-059-rtl2832u_change_value_of_USB_PID_GTEK_WARM-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-071-silence_i915_agp-module-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-110-drm_nouveau_upstream-20110626.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-110-drm_nouveau_upstream-20110626.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-110-drm_nouveau_upstream-20110626.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-110-drm_nouveau_upstream-20110626.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc5-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-3.0-rc6-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch