To apply the patches, cd into the appropriate kernel source directory and do: patch -p1 < patch-file lockup-2.0.30.diff: Please apply this patch to your 2.0.30 kernel to get rid of the ncpfs lockups. See ../BUGS for the symptoms. linux-2.1.26.diff: Little fix to make ncpfs work with 2.1.26. Sent to Linus.