This directory contains the latest fixes and security patches for the current stable linux kernel. USE THESE PATCHES AGAINST THE LINUX KERNEL 2.4.21 ONLY. USE OF THESE PATCHES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR USE OR MISUSE. All patches are the property of their respective owners and are mirrored here strictly for the convenience of the community at large. Patches are: linux-2.4.21-updates.patch: Contains all three patches below. For the primary fixes needed in the current release kernel. Individual patches: linux-2.4.21-nfs-silly-rename.patch: Fixes the NFS Silly Rename problem as patched by Frank Cusack . This is the patch as emailed to lkml on June 12, 2003 linux-2.4.21-aic79xx.patch: Fixes hang reported on Adaptec AIC-7899P based controller by Randy.Dunlap . Patch has been adapted from http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/aic79xx-linux-2.4-20030603-tar.gz linux-2.4.21-extraversion.patch: Updated the extraversion in the Makefile To apply these patches: o use wget to get the original patch to your source directory: cd /usr/src wget http://www.hardrock.org/kernel/current-updates/linux-2.4.21-updates.patch o change into the base directory of your currently installed linux source tree (for example, /usr/src/linux-2.4.21) and type: patch -p1 < /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-updates.patch Compile your kernel as normal.