diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux.desc b/package/base/linux/linux.desc
index 64d15d7e3..82aa22b01 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux.desc
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux.desc
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #if xpkg == linux26.*
-[V] 2.6.16.26 1
-[D] 82985259 linux-2.6.16.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
-[D] 1521225251 patch-2.6.16.26.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
-[D] 4024976103 patch-2.6.16-pa11.gz http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/linux-2.6/
+[V] 2.6.17.7
+[D] 2805024457 linux-2.6.17.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
+[D] 120128364 patch-2.6.17.7.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
+[D] 2022887016 linux-2.6.17-pa6.tar.bz2 http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/linux-2.6/
 #endif
 
 [CD] <COPY> for x in $cachedir/linux2[46].cache; do cp $x $confdir/$pkg.cache; done
diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux26/12-conf-hacks.patch b/package/base/linux/linux26/12-conf-hacks.patch
index 4cee6fe5c..6f8eedbe2 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux26/12-conf-hacks.patch
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux26/12-conf-hacks.patch
@@ -1,31 +1,7 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-#
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-#
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/linux/linux26/12-conf-hacks.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2006 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or 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.
-#
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-Set all unset options to module. Needed by the ROCK Linux kernel
-configuration.
-
-Initally written by Clifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at> and adapted
-for various new 2.5/2.6 kernels by Rene Rebe <rene.rebe@gmx.net>.
-
---- ./scripts/kconfig/conf.c.vanilla	2006-01-10 17:29:02.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./scripts/kconfig/conf.c	2006-01-10 17:33:34.000000000 +0100
-@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
+diff -dur linux-2.6.17-orig/scripts/kconfig/conf.c linux-2.6.17/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+--- linux-2.6.17-orig/scripts/kconfig/conf.c	2006-06-18 03:49:35.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.17/scripts/kconfig/conf.c	2006-07-27 22:13:38.000000000 +0200
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  	ask_all,
  	ask_new,
  	ask_silent,
@@ -33,7 +9,7 @@ for various new 2.5/2.6 kernels by Rene Rebe <rene.rebe@gmx.net>.
  	set_default,
  	set_yes,
  	set_mod,
-@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@
+@@ -92,6 +93,15 @@
  			return;
  		}
  		break;
@@ -75,14 +51,15 @@ for various new 2.5/2.6 kernels by Rene Rebe <rene.rebe@gmx.net>.
  		conf_read(NULL);
  		break;
  	case set_no:
---- ./scripts/kconfig/Makefile.vanilla	2006-01-10 17:29:25.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./scripts/kconfig/Makefile	2006-01-10 17:29:45.000000000 +0100
+diff -dur linux-2.6.17-orig/scripts/kconfig/Makefile linux-2.6.17/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+--- linux-2.6.17-orig/scripts/kconfig/Makefile	2006-06-18 03:49:35.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.17/scripts/kconfig/Makefile	2006-07-27 22:15:10.000000000 +0200
 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  	$(Q)rm -f arch/um/Kconfig_arch
  	$(Q)rm -f scripts/kconfig/linux_*.pot scripts/kconfig/config.pot
  
--.PHONY: randconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig allmodconfig defconfig
-+.PHONY: randconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig allmodconfig no2modconfig defconfig
+-PHONY += randconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig allmodconfig defconfig
++PHONY += randconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig allmodconfig no2modconfig defconfig
  
  randconfig: $(obj)/conf
  	$< -r arch/$(ARCH)/Kconfig
@@ -102,5 +79,5 @@ for various new 2.5/2.6 kernels by Rene Rebe <rene.rebe@gmx.net>.
  	@echo  '  allmodconfig	  - New config selecting modules when possible'
 +	@echo  '  no2modconfig    - New config selecting modules for disabled options'
  	@echo  '  allyesconfig	  - New config where all options are accepted with yes'
- 	@echo  '  allnoconfig	  - New minimal config'
+ 	@echo  '  allnoconfig	  - New config where all options are answered with no'