diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/0001-at91-ariag25-updates.patch b/core/linux-armv5-rc/0001-at91-ariag25-updates.patch
index 18074c3c4..829f5ebde 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/0001-at91-ariag25-updates.patch
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/0001-at91-ariag25-updates.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 075bc2e60bc0526818270c0bc467c3f4fbd8617c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 30d23c01c3ea43b237a07b5d404662f65598e3c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Douglas Gilbert <[mailto:dgilbert@interlog.com]>
 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:36:25 -0500
 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] at91: ariag25 updates
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ index e9ced30..8308515 100644
  
  		usb0: ohci@00600000 {
 -- 
-2.7.0
+2.8.2
 
diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/0002-at91-arietta-g25-support.patch b/core/linux-armv5-rc/0002-at91-arietta-g25-support.patch
index 249324587..4a6c34d55 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/0002-at91-arietta-g25-support.patch
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/0002-at91-arietta-g25-support.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From aa3889e8c698bc699aa8ce8ccda3eecf5be5ebe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 515ca42e8a6eb3c12a73875ae221e56b226c0cdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 13:46:30 -0600
 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] at91: arietta-g25 support
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Signed-off-by: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/at91-arietta256.dts
 
 diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
-index a4a6d70..f43e9f3 100644
+index 95c1923..96010d9 100644
 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
 +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
-@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_SOC_SAM_V4_V5) += \
+@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_SOC_SAM_V4_V5) += \
  	at91sam9n12ek.dtb \
  	at91sam9rlek.dtb \
  	at91-ariag25.dtb \
@@ -376,5 +376,5 @@ index 0000000..cbae789
 +
 +};
 -- 
-2.7.0
+2.8.2
 
diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/0003-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch b/core/linux-armv5-rc/0003-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch
index 1741ad8f9..53d4c7997 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/0003-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/0003-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 2ff0f69030e69aa6a8aa66840b8224bbec73d90a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From db8ae51c160d4af4420eb29489d3ede9c9395607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: popcornmix <popcornmix@gmail.com>
 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:43:50 -0300
 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] net/smsc95xx: Allow mac address to be set as a parameter
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Subject: [PATCH 3/3] net/smsc95xx: Allow mac address to be set as a parameter
  1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 
 diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
-index 66b3ab9..3cc50f6 100644
+index 2edc2bc..2445b56 100644
 --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
 +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
-@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
+@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
  #define SUSPEND_SUSPEND3		(0x08)
  #define SUSPEND_ALLMODES		(SUSPEND_SUSPEND0 | SUSPEND_SUSPEND1 | \
  					 SUSPEND_SUSPEND2 | SUSPEND_SUSPEND3)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ index 66b3ab9..3cc50f6 100644
  
  struct smsc95xx_priv {
  	u32 mac_cr;
-@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ static bool turbo_mode = true;
+@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ static bool turbo_mode = true;
  module_param(turbo_mode, bool, 0644);
  MODULE_PARM_DESC(turbo_mode, "Enable multiple frames per Rx transaction");
  
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ index 66b3ab9..3cc50f6 100644
  static int __must_check __smsc95xx_read_reg(struct usbnet *dev, u32 index,
  					    u32 *data, int in_pm)
  {
-@@ -763,8 +768,59 @@ static int smsc95xx_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
+@@ -764,8 +769,59 @@ static int smsc95xx_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
  	return generic_mii_ioctl(&dev->mii, if_mii(rq), cmd, NULL);
  }
  
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ index 66b3ab9..3cc50f6 100644
 +       if (smsc95xx_is_macaddr_param(dev, dev->net->dev_addr))
 +               return;
 +
- 	/* try reading mac address from EEPROM */
- 	if (smsc95xx_read_eeprom(dev, EEPROM_MAC_OFFSET, ETH_ALEN,
- 			dev->net->dev_addr) == 0) {
+ 	const u8 *mac_addr;
+ 
+ 	/* maybe the boot loader passed the MAC address in devicetree */
 -- 
-2.7.0
+2.8.2
 
diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
index 6e3fdb609..d36d3a6f4 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 buildarch=2
 
 _rcver=4.6
-_rcrel=6
+_rcrel=7
 
 pkgbase=linux-armv5-rc
 _srcname=linux-4.$((${_rcver##*.}-1))
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         '0003-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch'
         'config')
 md5sums=('a60d48eee08ec0536d5efb17ca819aef'
-         '60d2e4b5eeb4ff2b58cf85a03d9c6a4b'
-         '9e7292551a34e0e6414ff480cda78007'
-         'f7f2b7e7ff974913cb741ea5c8ad632e'
-         '63ee04d409d10aa1a5a4e7d5fbb9e764'
+         '2089df8a0f142e2a1cdcaca0f133e47d'
+         'aba0f2b0bfe0922b0cd556c01b271fb7'
+         'b0a34a7166501fdc2bf5ea2abb4aa6a0'
+         '61aafdc68c57c58cc0b6cb026d134144'
          '86a06f7bd154de2282181bbd5165cfe1')
 
 prepare() {