diff --git a/templates/kernel26-x86_64-dotconfig b/templates/kernel26-x86_64-dotconfig
index ec268309860..67b50faa815 100644
--- a/templates/kernel26-x86_64-dotconfig
+++ b/templates/kernel26-x86_64-dotconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
-# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27.3
-# Sun Dec 14 01:43:30 2008
+# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27.9
+# Tue Dec 16 18:06:00 2008
 #
 CONFIG_64BIT=y
 # CONFIG_X86_32 is not set
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ CONFIG_ZONE_DMA_FLAG=1
 CONFIG_BOUNCE=y
 CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS=y
 CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER=y
+CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K=y
 CONFIG_MTRR=y
 CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER=y
 CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT=0
@@ -2916,7 +2917,6 @@ CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT=y
 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TT_NEWSCHED=y
 CONFIG_USB_ISP116X_HCD=m
 CONFIG_USB_ISP1760_HCD=m
-CONFIG_USB_ISP1760_PCI=y
 CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=m
 CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_SSB=y
 # CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC is not set
@@ -3361,13 +3361,20 @@ CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
 CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE=y
 CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=m
 
+#
+# Layered filesystems
+#
+CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=m
+CONFIG_UNION_FS=m
+# CONFIG_UNION_FS_XATTR is not set
+# CONFIG_UNION_FS_DEBUG is not set
+
 #
 # Miscellaneous filesystems
 #
 CONFIG_ADFS_FS=m
 # CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW is not set
 CONFIG_AFFS_FS=m
-CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=m
 CONFIG_HFS_FS=m
 CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS=m
 CONFIG_BEFS_FS=m
@@ -3396,6 +3403,9 @@ CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_LZO=y
 CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_ZLIB=y
 # CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_DEBUG is not set
 CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS=m
+# CONFIG_SQUASHFS_EMBEDDED is not set
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_CACHE_SIZE=3
 CONFIG_VXFS_FS=m
 CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
 CONFIG_OMFS_FS=m
diff --git a/templates/kernel26.tmpl b/templates/kernel26.tmpl
index 0c19e5e41fb..b926cda6cea 100644
--- a/templates/kernel26.tmpl
+++ b/templates/kernel26.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'kernel26'
 pkgname=kernel26
-version=2.6.27.3
+version=2.6.27.9
+# Vanilla kernel + UnionFS + SquashFS patches.
+patch_files="
+unionfs-2.5_for_2.6.27-rc6.diff.bz2
+unionfs-2.5_fix_for_2.6.27.diff
+squashfs3.4-2.6.27-rc4.diff.bz2"
+patch_args="-p1"
 wrksrc="linux-$version"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_makefile
@@ -9,7 +15,7 @@ make_install_target="modules_install
  INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version"
 short_desc="The Linux kernel (2.6 branch)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=52d9526ea8df33c9fab3df4564b0147b1866c76b0fd31474b92592567384a02c
+checksum=fd710a841be6119cdd2c42f92ca405265fb156e279006bb89bb874e4198b3e5e
 long_desc="
  This package provides the linux kernel image and kernel modules
  from the 2.6 branch."
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ pre_build()
 	fi
 
 	if [ -f $XBPS_TEMPLATESDIR/kernel26-$arch-dotconfig ]; then
-        	echo "=> Detected a .config file for your arch, using it."
+		msg_normal "Detected a .config file for your arch, using it."
         	cp -f $XBPS_TEMPLATESDIR/kernel26-$arch-dotconfig \
                 	$wrksrc/.config
         	make oldconfig
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@ pre_build()
 post_install()
 {
 	local destdir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version
+
 	local incdirs="acpi asm-generic asm-x86 config linux math-emu media \
 			net pcmcia scsi sound video"
 	local _archs="alpha arm arm26 avr32 blackfin cris frv h8300 ia64 m32r \
@@ -75,7 +82,6 @@ post_install()
 	cp arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s \
 		$destdir/usr/src/linux-$version/arch/x86/kernel
 
-	install -m 644 vmlinux $destdir/usr/src/linux-$version/vmlinux
 	for i in $(find . -name "Kconfig*"); do 
     		mkdir -p $destdir/usr/src/linux-$version/$(echo $i | sed 's|/Kconfig.*||')
     		cp $i $destdir/usr/src/linux-$version/$i
diff --git a/templates/squashfs3.4-2.6.27-rc4.diff.bz2 b/templates/squashfs3.4-2.6.27-rc4.diff.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..093009902f0
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diff --git a/templates/unionfs-2.5_fix_for_2.6.27.diff b/templates/unionfs-2.5_fix_for_2.6.27.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7bb7ab03822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/unionfs-2.5_fix_for_2.6.27.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Taken from: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/21/193
+
+--- a/security/security.c
++++ b/security/security.c
+@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ int security_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *n
+ 		return 0;
+ 	return security_ops->inode_permission(inode, mask, nd);
+ }
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_inode_permission);
+ 
+ int security_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+ {
+@@ -518,6 +519,7 @@ int security_file_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+ {
+ 	return security_ops->file_ioctl(file, cmd, arg);
+ }
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_file_ioctl);
+ 
+ int security_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
+ 			unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
+
diff --git a/templates/unionfs-2.5_for_2.6.27-rc6.diff.bz2 b/templates/unionfs-2.5_for_2.6.27-rc6.diff.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aadfde08832
Binary files /dev/null and b/templates/unionfs-2.5_for_2.6.27-rc6.diff.bz2 differ