diff --git a/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD
index 9d082662a..635bfdb1c 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ pkgbase=linux-armv7
 _srcname=linux-4.12
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="ARMv7 multi-platform"
-pkgver=4.12.0
+pkgver=4.12.1
 pkgrel=1
-rcnrel=armv7-x1
+rcnrel=armv7-x2
 arch=('armv7h')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
 makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'git' 'uboot-tools' 'vboot-utils' 'dtc')
 options=('!strip')
 source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
-        #"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/patch-${pkgver}.xz"
+        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/patch-${pkgver}.xz"
         "http://rcn-ee.com/deb/sid-armhf/v${pkgver}-${rcnrel}/patch-${pkgver%.0}-${rcnrel}.diff.gz"
         '0001-ARM-atags-add-support-for-Marvell-s-u-boot.patch'
         '0002-ARM-atags-fdt-retrieve-MAC-addresses-from-Marvell-bo.patch'
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         'linux.preset'
         '99-linux.hook')
 md5sums=('fc454157e2d024d401a60905d6481c6b'
-         '9ad4709c961ce6c495fc87a04982fe05'
+         'fab3dcd3b5a99d959bde7cde2e5cedb8'
+         '70c9d91e63162430c2f5bd49e78f50fb'
          '722bc867ef5285e2719ce3e526425a65'
          'c2e8438c4e7a93bb8fbf1576f23773f7'
          'def3e95ff11cffe49d4624f4e00b59a2'
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ md5sums=('fc454157e2d024d401a60905d6481c6b'
          'ff5f4ca7f97b8ebfbb09ec76363e71ec'
          'f9282ee13ad2c393c462ef20b143ae22'
          '9fb6cef04dd98e38094803c56e9c453b'
-         '4e637fa73658afeb65e4390ef3e6a524'
+         'd03240bcc2861eefd63f34796297fca0'
          '4f2379ed84258050edb858ee8d281678'
          '61c5ff73c136ed07a7aadbf58db3d96a'
          '584777ae88bce2c5659960151b64c7d8'
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_srcname}"
 
   # add upstream patch
-  #git apply --whitespace=nowarn ../patch-${pkgver}
+  git apply --whitespace=nowarn ../patch-${pkgver}
 
   # RCN patch
   git apply ../patch-${pkgver%.0}-${rcnrel}.diff
diff --git a/core/linux-armv7/config b/core/linux-armv7/config
index 24683b226..1af029dfa 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv7/config
+++ b/core/linux-armv7/config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.12.0-rc5-1 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.12.1-1 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
@@ -3669,7 +3669,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_MUX=y
 # Multiplexer I2C Chip support
 #
 CONFIG_I2C_ARB_GPIO_CHALLENGE=y
-# CONFIG_I2C_MUX_GPIO is not set
+CONFIG_I2C_MUX_GPIO=m
 # CONFIG_I2C_MUX_LTC4306 is not set
 # CONFIG_I2C_MUX_PCA9541 is not set
 CONFIG_I2C_MUX_PCA954x=y
@@ -6990,8 +6990,6 @@ CONFIG_LIRC_ZILOG=m
 #
 # Android
 #
-CONFIG_ASHMEM=y
-# CONFIG_ION is not set
 # CONFIG_STAGING_BOARD is not set
 CONFIG_LTE_GDM724X=m
 # CONFIG_MTD_SPINAND_MT29F is not set
@@ -7779,10 +7777,7 @@ CONFIG_RAS=y
 #
 # Android
 #
-CONFIG_ANDROID=y
-CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
-CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_DEVICES="binder"
-CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC_32BIT=y
+# CONFIG_ANDROID is not set
 CONFIG_DAX=y
 CONFIG_NVMEM=y
 CONFIG_NVMEM_IMX_IIM=y