diff --git a/core/kernel26-trimslice/PKGBUILD b/core/kernel26-trimslice/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Mike Staszel <mikestaszel@plugapps.com>
+
+# Trim Slice kernel and headers
+#  - note: any other kernel packages should include headers for that march
+#  - there will be no v7 kernel26 package, each march will be tagged individually
+#  - This is built from TS's git repo (gitorious) with minimal patching
+
+noautobuild=1
+plugrel=1
+
+pkgbase="kernel26"
+pkgname=('kernel26-trimslice' 'kernel26-headers-trimslice')
+#_kernelname=${pkgname#kernel26}
+_kernelname=""
+_basekernel=2.6.38
+pkgver=${_basekernel}.3
+_pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=${_pkgrel}
+#pkgrel=${_pkgrel}.${plugrel}
+makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'uboot-mkimage' 'make')
+_patchname="patch-${pkgver}-${_pkgrel}-ARCH"
+#_patchname="patch-${pkgver}-1-ARCH"
+arch=(armv7h)
+CARCH=armv7h
+KARCH=arm
+LDFLAGS=""
+license=('GPL2')
+url="http://www.kernel.org"
+source=(ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/kernel26/${_patchname}.bz2
+        http://trimslice.com/download/drivers/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw
+        http://trimslice.com/download/drivers/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw)
+md5sums=('5b14b6eb2cdcb074905d4974437c4df6'
+         '500d938ce15d1b0aff8d394aefb7a812'
+         'b14a1a124c2d58fd346ed25ffbbe2959')
+options=('!distcc' '!ccache')
+
+build() {
+  cd $srcdir
+  git clone git://gitorious.org/trimslice-kernel/trimslice-kernel.git --depth 1
+  cd trimslice-kernel
+  git checkout trimslice/ldk-alpha-upstream
+
+  # Add -ARCH patches
+  # See http://projects.archlinux.org/linux-2.6-ARCH.git/
+  patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/${_patchname}
+ 
+  # Copy in our configuration
+  cp ../${_basekernel}.config ./.config
+
+  # Copy in the ethernet firmware, needed for make!
+  cp ${srcdir}/rtl8168d-1.fw firmware/rtl_nic/
+  cp ${srcdir}/rtl8168d-2.fw firmware/rtl_nic/
+
+  # Prepare sources
+  #make prepare
+  make clean # sometimes git isn't clean
+  make mrproper # same as above
+  # Configure the kernel. Replace the line below with one of your choice.
+  make trimslice_chrome_defconfig # The branch we're using
+  #make menuconfig # CLI menu for configuration
+  #make nconfig # new CLI menu for configuration
+  #make oldconfig # using old config from previous kernel version
+
+  # Make the config compatible with Arch Linux's naming scheme
+  sed 's|CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-ldk-alpha-rc1"|CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-ARCH"|g' -i .config
+
+  # Copy back our configuration (use with new kernel version)
+  #cp ./.config ../${_basekernel}.config
+  
+  # Halt the build for configuration only
+  #return 1
+
+  # Build!
+  make ${MAKEFLAGS} uImage modules
+}
+
+package_kernel26-trimslice() {
+  pkgdesc="The Linux Kernel and modules"
+  groups=('base')
+  depends=('coreutils' 'module-init-tools>=3.12-2')
+  replaces=('kernel24' 'kernel24-scsi' 'kernel26-scsi'
+            'alsa-driver' 'ieee80211' 'hostap-driver26'
+            'pwc' 'nforce' 'squashfs' 'unionfs' 'ivtv'
+            'zd1211' 'kvm-modules' 'iwlwifi' 'rt2x00-cvs'
+            'gspcav1' 'atl2' 'wlan-ng26' 'rt2500' 'nouveau-drm')
+  provides=('kernel26=2.6.38')
+  conflicts=('kernel26' 'kernel26-tegra' 'kernel26-omap')
+  install=kernel26.install
+  optdepends=('crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country')
+  
+  KARCH=arm
+  cd ${srcdir}/linux-$_basekernel
+  # get kernel version
+  _kernver="$(make kernelrelease)"
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/{lib/modules,lib/firmware,boot}
+  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${pkgdir} modules_install
+  cp System.map ${pkgdir}/boot/System.map26${_kernelname}
+  cp arch/$KARCH/boot/uImage ${pkgdir}/boot/uImage
+  
+  # set correct depmod command for install
+  sed \
+    -e  "s/KERNEL_NAME=.*/KERNEL_NAME=${_kernelname}/g" \
+    -e  "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" \
+    -i $startdir/kernel26.install
+
+  # remove build and source links
+  rm -f ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/{source,build}
+  # remove the firmware
+  rm -rf ${pkgdir}/lib/firmware
+  # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
+  find "$pkgdir" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+}
+
+package_kernel26-headers-trimslice() {
+  pkgdesc="Header files and scripts for building modules for kernel26"
+  provides=('kernel26-headers=2.6.38')
+  conflicts=('kernel26-headers' 'kernel26-headers-tegra' 'kernel26-headers-omap')
+  KARCH=arm
+  
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}
+  cd ${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}
+  ln -sf ../../../usr/src/linux-${_kernver} build
+  cd ${srcdir}/linux-$_basekernel
+  install -D -m644 Makefile \
+    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Makefile
+  install -D -m644 kernel/Makefile \
+    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/kernel/Makefile
+  install -D -m644 .config \
+    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.config
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include
+
+  for i in acpi asm-generic config generated linux math-emu media net pcmcia scsi sound trace video xen; do
+    cp -a include/$i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
+  done
+
+  # copy arch includes for external modules
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH
+  cp -a arch/$KARCH/include ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/mach-tegra
+  cp -a arch/$KARCH/mach-tegra/include ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/mach-tegra/
+
+  # copy files necessary for later builds, like nvidia and vmware
+  cp Module.symvers ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
+  cp -a scripts ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
+  # fix permissions on scripts dir
+  chmod og-w -R ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/scripts
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.tmp_versions
+
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel
+
+  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
+  if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+    cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32.cpu ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
+  fi
+  cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/asm-offsets.s ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel/
+
+  # add headers for lirc package
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video
+  cp drivers/media/video/*.h  ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/
+  for i in bt8xx cpia2 cx25840 cx88 em28xx et61x251 pwc saa7134 sn9c102; do
+   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
+   cp -a drivers/media/video/$i/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
+  done
+#  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/staging/usbvideo/
+#  cp -a drivers/staging/usbvideo/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/staging/usbvideo/
+  # add docbook makefile
+  install -D -m644 Documentation/DocBook/Makefile \
+    ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+  # add dm headers
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
+  cp drivers/md/*.h  ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
+  # add inotify.h
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux
+  cp include/linux/inotify.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux/
+  # add wireless headers
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
+  cp net/mac80211/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
+  # add dvb headers for external modules
+  # in reference to:
+  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9912
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core
+  cp drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/
+  # add dvb headers for external modules
+  # in reference to:
+  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11194
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
+  cp include/config/dvb/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/config/dvb/
+  # add dvb headers for http://mcentral.de/hg/~mrec/em28xx-new
+  # in reference to:
+  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13146
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
+  cp drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
+  cp drivers/media/video/msp3400-driver.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
+  # add dvb headers  
+  # in reference to:
+  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20402
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb
+  cp drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends
+  cp drivers/media/dvb/frontends/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/common/tuners
+  cp drivers/media/common/tuners/*.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/common/tuners/
+  # add xfs and shmem for aufs building
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs
+  mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/mm
+  cp fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/fs/xfs/xfs_sb.h
+  # add headers vor virtualbox
+  # in reference to:
+  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/14568
+  cp -a include/drm $pkgdir/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
+  # add headers for broadcom wl
+  # in reference to:
+  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/14568
+  cp -a include/trace $pkgdir/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
+  # add headers for crypto modules
+  # in reference to:
+  # http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/22081
+  cp -a include/crypto $pkgdir/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
+  # copy in Kconfig files
+  for i in `find . -name "Kconfig*"`; do 
+    mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/`echo $i | sed 's|/Kconfig.*||'`
+    cp $i ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/$i
+  done
+
+  chown -R root.root ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
+  find ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+  # strip scripts directory
+  find ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/scripts  -type f -perm -u+w 2>/dev/null | while read binary ; do
+  case "$(file -bi "$binary")" in
+    *application/x-sharedlib*) # Libraries (.so)
+    /usr/bin/strip $STRIP_SHARED "$binary";;
+    *application/x-archive*) # Libraries (.a)
+    /usr/bin/strip $STRIP_STATIC "$binary";;
+    *application/x-executable*) # Binaries
+    /usr/bin/strip $STRIP_BINARIES "$binary";;
+    esac 
+  done 
+  # remove unneeded architectures
+  rm -rf ${pkgdir}/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/{alpha,avr32,blackfin,cris,frv,h8300,ia64,m32r,m68k,m68knommu,mips,microblaze,mn10300,parisc,powerpc,ppc,s390,sh,sh64,sparc,sparc64,um,v850,xtensa}
+}
diff --git a/core/kernel26-trimslice/kernel26.install b/core/kernel26-trimslice/kernel26.install
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+KERNEL_NAME=
+KERNEL_VERSION=2.6.38-ARCH
+
+post_install() {
+# ARM doesn't use mkinitcpio or anything like that
+# so we skip it here
+echo -e "\033[1mNotice\033[0m"
+echo "To complete the installation you will have to copy"
+echo "/boot/uImage to the proper location, e.g. /dev/mmcblk0p1"
+echo ""
+echo "This package is built for the TrimSlice."
+echo ""
+/sbin/depmod ${KERNEL_VERSION}
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+	post_install
+}
+
+op=$1
+shift
+$op $*
diff --git a/core/kernel26-trimslice/kernel26.preset b/core/kernel26-trimslice/kernel26.preset
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+# mkinitcpio preset file for kernel26
+
+########################################
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE:
+source /etc/mkinitcpio.d/kernel26.kver
+########################################
+ALL_config="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+
+PRESETS=('default' 'fallback')
+
+#default_config="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+default_image="/boot/kernel26.img"
+#default_options=""
+
+#fallback_config="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+fallback_image="/boot/kernel26-fallback.img" 
+fallback_options="-S autodetect"
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