diff -urN linux-2.6.5.old/init/Kconfig linux-2.6.5/init/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.5.old/init/Kconfig	2004-05-09 13:06:33.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.5/init/Kconfig	2004-05-09 14:43:04.929060072 -0500
@@ -218,6 +218,25 @@
 	  This option enables access to kernel configuration file and build
 	  information through /proc/config.gz.
 
+config IKPATCHES
+	bool "Kernel .patches support"
+	---help---
+	  This option enables the kernel's ".patches" file to be saved in
+	  the kernel.  The .patches file is used to store important
+	  information about patches that have been applied to the running
+	  kernel's original source.  The .patches data can be valuable
+	  while troubleshooting and tracking down bugs.  This information
+	  can be extracted from the kernel image file with the script 
+	  scripts/extract-ikpatches.  It can also be extracted from a 
+	  running kernel by reading /proc/patches.gz, if enabled (below).
+
+config IKPATCHES_PROC
+	bool "Enable access to .patches through /proc/patches.gz"
+	depends on IKPATCHES && PROC_FS
+	---help---
+	  This option enables access to information about kernel patches
+	  through /proc/patches.gz.
+
 
 menuconfig EMBEDDED
 	bool "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)"
diff -uN linux-2.6.5.old/.patches linux-2.6.5/.patches
--- linux-2.6.5.old/.patches	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.5/.patches	2004-05-09 15:20:24.304623240 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+