diff --git a/core/linux-olinuxino/0001-mxs-spi-clear-XFER_LEN-in-CTRL0-register-during-DMA.patch b/core/linux-olinuxino/0001-mxs-spi-clear-XFER_LEN-in-CTRL0-register-during-DMA.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..834a226aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/linux-olinuxino/0001-mxs-spi-clear-XFER_LEN-in-CTRL0-register-during-DMA.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
+index 86dd04d..265c33f 100644
+--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
++++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
+@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ static int mxs_spi_txrx_dma(struct mxs_spi *spi, int cs,
+ 	INIT_COMPLETION(spi->c);
+ 
+ 	ctrl0 = readl(ssp->base + HW_SSP_CTRL0);
++	ctrl0 &= ~BM_SSP_CTRL0_XFER_COUNT;
+ 	ctrl0 |= BM_SSP_CTRL0_DATA_XFER | mxs_spi_cs_to_reg(cs);
+ 
+ 	if (*first)
+@@ -256,8 +257,10 @@ static int mxs_spi_txrx_dma(struct mxs_spi *spi, int cs,
+ 		if ((sg_count + 1 == sgs) && *last)
+ 			ctrl0 |= BM_SSP_CTRL0_IGNORE_CRC;
+ 
+-		if (ssp->devid == IMX23_SSP)
++		if (ssp->devid == IMX23_SSP) {
++			ctrl0 &= ~BM_SSP_CTRL0_XFER_COUNT;
+ 			ctrl0 |= min;
++		}
+ 
+ 		dma_xfer[sg_count].pio[0] = ctrl0;
+ 		dma_xfer[sg_count].pio[3] = min;
diff --git a/core/linux-olinuxino/0002-ARM-imx23-olinuxino-Add-spidev-support.patch b/core/linux-olinuxino/0002-ARM-imx23-olinuxino-Add-spidev-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45c6f867e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/linux-olinuxino/0002-ARM-imx23-olinuxino-Add-spidev-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Source: https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=1810
+
+diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23-olinuxino.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23-olinuxino.dts
+index d107c4a..993da2e 100644
+--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23-olinuxino.dts
++++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx23-olinuxino.dts
+@@ -64,7 +64,14 @@
+ 				compatible = "fsl,imx23-spi";
+ 				pinctrl-names = "default";
+ 				pinctrl-0 = <&spi2_pins_a>;
++				clock-frequency = <1000000>;
+ 				status = "okay";
++
++				spidev0: spidev@0 {
++					compatible = "spidev";
++					spi-max-frequency = <1000000>;
++					reg = <0>;
++				};
+ 			};
+ 		};
+ 
diff --git a/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD
index 996a96c81..bafc8618f 100644
--- a/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkgname=('linux-olinuxino' 'linux-headers-olinuxino')
 _kernelname=${pkgname#linux}
 _basekernel=3.7
 pkgver=${_basekernel}.2
-pkgrel=8
+pkgrel=9
 arch=('arm')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
@@ -24,16 +24,20 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/linux-${_basekernel}.tar.xz
         '0001-mmc-mxs-mmc-Add-support-for-non-removable-cards.patch'
         '0002-ARM-dts-imx23-olinuxino-Set-the-sdcard-as-non-remova.patch'
         '0001-rtl8192cu.patch'
+        '0001-mxs-spi-clear-XFER_LEN-in-CTRL0-register-during-DMA.patch'
+        '0002-ARM-imx23-olinuxino-Add-spidev-support.patch'
         'memset.patch')
 md5sums=('21223369d682bcf44bcdfe1521095983'
          'b88977838a2a52ff4fb4e82b30726496'
-         '8071b37a471aeed304834ad22d0c6ba4'
+         '79b2795a8a7eefec90870418e1640c93'
          '9d3c56a4b999c8bfbd4018089a62f662'
          '13fc27b36015d5a4bd82ce3e6d9d016e'
          'acc5de524247ec1aff5c9af6a486652f'
          '8a034a737c554cc4ef99ca3854ad56d5'
          'ef27d61a159fa9fcba6e7b93e9f630f2'
          '2a2b8c032e3e6f34f72661e861c392e9'
+         'ae07da78d2c916cbce70ecfb3f274c2e'
+         '068301d9e088335eb329dd93317246f9'
          '39be2896f0b968d61a19b33da75ce6e0')
 
 prepare() {
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ prepare() {
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0001-MXS-imx23-olinuxino-Add-i2c-support.patch"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0001-rtl8192cu.patch"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0001-mmc-mxs-mmc-Add-support-for-non-removable-cards.patch"
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0001-mxs-spi-clear-XFER_LEN-in-CTRL0-register-during-DMA.patch"
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0002-ARM-imx23-olinuxino-Add-spidev-support.patch"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0002-ARM-dts-imx23-olinuxino-Set-the-sdcard-as-non-remova.patch"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/memset.patch"
   
diff --git a/core/linux-olinuxino/config b/core/linux-olinuxino/config
index 2b0d1f78b..456e5c076 100644
--- a/core/linux-olinuxino/config
+++ b/core/linux-olinuxino/config
@@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@ CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2=y
 # CONFIG_AFS_FS is not set
 CONFIG_NLS=y
 CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
-# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set
+CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
 # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
 # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
 # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
diff --git a/core/linux-olinuxino/linux-olinuxino.install b/core/linux-olinuxino/linux-olinuxino.install
index c0a9a0f3b..96318b0fd 100644
--- a/core/linux-olinuxino/linux-olinuxino.install
+++ b/core/linux-olinuxino/linux-olinuxino.install
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 KERNEL_NAME=-olinuxino
-KERNEL_VERSION=3.7.2-3-ARCH
+KERNEL_VERSION=3.7.2-8-ARCH
 
 ## arg 1:  the new package version
 post_install() {