First go here: https://wiki.codeaurora.org/xwiki/bin/QAEP/release This site gives information about all msm soc release details with tag + android version Search your msm here.. Check the latest one and look for correct android version and mark that tag. Now open one of the following links (dependent on your linux kernel version) 3.10: https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/ 3.18: https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/ 4.4: https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/ Choose the right one and copy it, now go into your kernel folder with a terminal and do git fetch example: git fetch https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/ LA.UM.5.5.r1-05300-8x96.0 Then to do the merge you just have to do git merge FETCH_HEAD Now just fix the conflicts if there and then do git add -A git merge --continue Congratulation, you have (probably) succesfully merged a new caf tag.