diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/PKGBUILD
index 7d524aa6c..54fce0572 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgbase=linux-kirkwood-dt
 pkgname=('linux-kirkwood-dt' 'linux-headers-kirkwood-dt')
 #pkgname=linux-test       # Build kernel with a different name
 _kernelname=${pkgname#linux}
-_basekernel=3.8_rc1
+_basekernel=3.8_rc2
 pkgver=${_basekernel}
 pkgrel=1
 cryptover=1.5
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ source=('support.patch'
 	'dts-bootarg-wipe.patch'
         'usb-add-reset-resume-quirk-for-several-webcams.patch'
 	'rtl871x-arm.patch'
+	'mvebu-clk.patch'
 	'pending-3.8.patch'
         "http://download.gna.org/cryptodev-linux/cryptodev-linux-${cryptover}.tar.gz"
 	"http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/3.7.0-v5r1/0001-block-cgroups-kconfig-build-bits-for-BFQ-v5r1-3.7.patch"
@@ -31,14 +32,15 @@ md5sums=('f5d3635da03cb45904bedd69b47133de'
          '6d955c1f4882be73618018fc3b419ebf'
          'd00814b57448895e65fbbc800e8a58ba'
          'c38fa5f5065be065282887e0a3e2dc63'
+         '36ff44ed40baabfad659e11ce170ccd4'
          'a3d5a876ac8ac41457c104cc04ae9b47'
          '3a4b8d23c1708283e29477931d63ffb8'
          '9daa5f662145f91b25b91b9fbeb874d9'
          'c80954ae588d8c168a0b1ae9ffe84c0e')
 
-__gitroot="git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git"
-__gitname="linux-next"
-__gitbranch="v3.8-rc1"
+__gitroot="git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git"
+__gitname="linux"
+__gitbranch="v3.8-rc2"
 
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}"
@@ -73,13 +75,12 @@ build() {
   # (relevant patch sent upstream: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/26/227)
   # patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/change-default-console-loglevel.patch"
 
-  # Fix read_current_timer so it's exported to modules, upstream is aware and
-  # a proper fix is pending.
-  #patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/read_current_timer2.patch"
-
   # Hack fix for an alignment bug in RTL8712 driver
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/rtl871x-arm.patch"
 
+  # Section Mismatch in mvebu clk
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/mvebu-clk.patch"
+
   # General fixes queued for next release
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/pending-3.8.patch"
 
diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/change-default-console-loglevel.patch b/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/change-default-console-loglevel.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 63435d84f..000000000
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/change-default-console-loglevel.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -upr linux-3.0.orig/kernel/printk.c linux-3.0/kernel/printk.c
---- linux-3.0.orig/kernel/printk.c	2011-07-22 05:17:23.000000000 +0300
-+++ linux-3.0/kernel/printk.c	2011-07-27 14:43:07.000000000 +0300
-@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void asmlinkage __attribute__((weak)) ea
- 
- /* We show everything that is MORE important than this.. */
- #define MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 1 /* Minimum loglevel we let people use */
--#define DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 7 /* anything MORE serious than KERN_DEBUG */
-+#define DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 4 /* anything MORE serious than KERN_DEBUG */
- 
- DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
- 
diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/mvebu-clk.patch b/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/mvebu-clk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..953af8606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood-dt/mvebu-clk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN a/drivers/clk/mvebu/clk-gating-ctrl.c b/drivers/clk/mvebu/clk-gating-ctrl.c
+--- a/drivers/clk/mvebu/clk-gating-ctrl.c	2013-01-02 21:13:21.000000000 -0500
++++ b/drivers/clk/mvebu/clk-gating-ctrl.c	2013-01-03 11:40:44.000000000 -0500
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ 
+ #define to_clk_gate(_hw) container_of(_hw, struct clk_gate, hw)
+ 
+-static struct clk __init *mvebu_clk_gating_get_src(
++static struct clk *mvebu_clk_gating_get_src(
+ 	struct of_phandle_args *clkspec, void *data)
+ {
+ 	struct mvebu_gating_ctrl *ctrl = (struct mvebu_gating_ctrl *)data;