diff -urN linux-2.6.5.old/scripts/extract-ikpatches linux-2.6.5/scripts/extract-ikpatches
--- linux-2.6.5.old/scripts/extract-ikpatches	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.5/scripts/extract-ikpatches	2004-05-09 13:59:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#! /bin/bash 
+# extracts .packages from a [b]zImage file
+# uses: binoffset (new), dd, zcat, strings, grep
+# $arg1 is [b]zImage filename
+
+TMPFILE=""
+
+usage()
+{
+	echo "  usage: extract-ikpatches [b]zImage_filename"
+}
+
+clean_up()
+{
+	if [ -z $ISCOMP ]
+	then
+		rm -f $TMPFILE
+	fi
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]
+then
+	usage
+	exit
+fi
+
+image=$1
+
+# There are two gzip headers, as well as arches which don't compress their
+# kernel.
+GZHDR="0x1f 0x8b 0x08 0x00"
+if [ `binoffset $image $GZHDR >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?` -ne 0 ]
+then
+	GZHDR="0x1f 0x8b 0x08 0x08"
+	if [ `binoffset $image $GZHDR >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?` -ne 0 ]
+	then
+		ISCOMP=0
+	fi
+fi
+
+PID=$$
+
+# Extract and uncompress the kernel image if necessary
+if [ -z $ISCOMP ]
+then
+	TMPFILE="/tmp/`basename $image`.vmlin.$PID"
+	dd if=$image bs=1 skip=`binoffset $image $GZHDR` 2> /dev/null | zcat > $TMPFILE
+else
+	TMPFILE=$image
+fi
+
+# Look for strings.
+strings $TMPFILE | grep "PATCHES_BEGIN" > /dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+then
+	strings $TMPFILE | awk "/PATCHES_BEGIN/,/PATCHES_END/" > $image.oldpatches.$PID
+else
+	echo "ERROR: Unable to extract kernel's .patches file."
+	echo "       This kernel image may not have the .patches info."
+	clean_up
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Kernel's .patches file written to $image.oldpatches.$PID"
+clean_up
+exit 0
diff -urN linux-2.6.5.old/scripts/mkpatches linux-2.6.5/scripts/mkpatches
--- linux-2.6.5.old/scripts/mkpatches	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.5/scripts/mkpatches	2004-05-09 14:49:58.232228440 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2004 Jon Oberheide <address@hidden>
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Khalid Aziz <address@hidden>
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Randy Dunlap <address@hidden>
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Al Stone <address@hidden>
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#
+# Used to generate ikpatches.h from linux/.patches:
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]
+then
+	echo "Usage: `basename $0` <patches_file>"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+patches=$1
+
+echo "#ifndef _IKPATCHES_H"
+echo "#define _IKPATCHES_H"
+echo \
+"/*
+ * 
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ *
+ * 
+ * This file is generated automatically by scripts/mkpatches. Do not edit.
+ *
+ */"
+
+echo "static char const ikpatches_patches[] __attribute__((unused)) = "
+echo "\"PATCHES_BEGIN\\n\\"
+echo "`cat $patches | sed 's/\"/\\\\\"/g' | awk '{ print $0 "\\\\n\\\\" }' `"
+echo "PATCHES_END\\n\";"
+echo "#endif /* _IKPATCHES_H */"