diff --git a/target/linux/ixp4xx/Makefile b/target/linux/ixp4xx/Makefile
index dad4a00a86..92da4c166e 100644
--- a/target/linux/ixp4xx/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ixp4xx/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BOARDNAME:=Intel IXP4xx
 FEATURES:=squashfs
 SUBTARGETS=generic harddisk
 
-LINUX_VERSION:=2.6.26.8
+LINUX_VERSION:=2.6.28.1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk
 
diff --git a/target/linux/ixp4xx/config-2.6.28 b/target/linux/ixp4xx/config-2.6.28
index 19b385d936..b22a3ccc54 100644
--- a/target/linux/ixp4xx/config-2.6.28
+++ b/target/linux/ixp4xx/config-2.6.28
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_GW_I2C_PLD=y
+# CONFIG_GPIO_MAX732X is not set
+# CONFIG_GPIO_PCA953X is not set
+# CONFIG_GPIO_PCF857X is not set
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
 CONFIG_HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND=y
 CONFIG_HAS_DMA=y
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=y
 # CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_GPIO_LIB=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y
 # CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_KPROBES=y
@@ -129,6 +135,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_OPROFILE=y
 # CONFIG_HERMES is not set
 CONFIG_HID=m
 CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT=y
+# CONFIG_HTC_EGPIO is not set
 CONFIG_HWMON=y
 # CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP is not set
 CONFIG_HWMON_VID=y
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ CONFIG_MEDIA_TUNER_XC5000=m
 # CONFIG_MFD_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_MFD_T7L66XB is not set
 # CONFIG_MFD_TC6387XB is not set
+# CONFIG_MFD_TC6393XB is not set
 # CONFIG_MFD_TMIO is not set
 # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
 CONFIG_MTD=y
@@ -281,6 +289,7 @@ CONFIG_RTC_DRV_ISL1208=y
 CONFIG_RTC_DRV_PCF8563=y
 # CONFIG_RTC_DRV_PCF8583 is not set
 # CONFIG_RTC_DRV_RS5C372 is not set
+# CONFIG_RTC_DRV_RTC7301 is not set
 # CONFIG_RTC_DRV_STK17TA8 is not set
 # CONFIG_RTC_DRV_TEST is not set
 # CONFIG_RTC_DRV_V3020 is not set
@@ -344,6 +353,7 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_MEDIA=m
 CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2=m
 CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_COMMON=m
 CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y
+CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT=y
 CONFIG_XSCALE_PMU=y
 CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_BSS=0x0
 CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_TEXT=0x0