diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux.desc b/package/base/linux/linux.desc
index 98530145a..2b00dfbc5 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux.desc
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux.desc
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #if xpkg == linux26.*
-[V] 2.6.22.1
-[D] 3202303695 linux-2.6.22.1.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
+[V] 2.6.23.1
+[D] 1833105149 linux-2.6.23.1.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
 #endif
 
 [CD] <COPY> for x in $cachedir/linux2[46].cache; do cp $x $confdir/$pkg.cache; done
diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux26/77-mc146818rtc_h.patch b/package/base/linux/linux26/77-mc146818rtc_h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c2ac9c502..000000000
--- a/package/base/linux/linux26/77-mc146818rtc_h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# --- 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/linux26/77-mc146818rtc_h.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 ---
-
---- linux-2.6.12.3/include/asm-i386/mc146818rtc.h
-+++ linux-2.6.12.3/include/asm-i386/mc146818rtc.h
-@@ -5,14 +5,21 @@
- #define _ASM_MC146818RTC_H
- 
- #include <asm/io.h>
-+
-+#ifdef __KERNEL__
-+
- #include <asm/system.h>
- #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
- 
-+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-+
- #ifndef RTC_PORT
- #define RTC_PORT(x)	(0x70 + (x))
- #define RTC_ALWAYS_BCD	1	/* RTC operates in binary mode */
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef __KERNEL__
-+
- #ifdef __HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG
- /*
-  * This lock provides nmi access to the CMOS/RTC registers.  It has some
-@@ -80,6 +87,8 @@
- #define current_lock_cmos_reg() 0
- #endif
- 
-+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-+
- /*
-  * The yet supported machines all access the RTC index register via
-  * an ISA port access but the way to access the date register differs ...
diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux26/82-raid5-niceer-output.patch b/package/base/linux/linux26/82-raid5-niceer-output.patch
index 5fdabc5d6..393d35e5d 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux26/82-raid5-niceer-output.patch
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux26/82-raid5-niceer-output.patch
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
---- ./drivers/md/xor.c.orig	2004-08-14 12:55:32.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./drivers/md/xor.c	2004-08-17 18:57:24.679307424 +0200
+--- ./crypto/xor.c.orig	2004-08-14 12:55:32.000000000 +0200
++++ ./crypto/xor.c	2004-08-17 18:57:24.679307424 +0200
 @@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
  
  #ifdef XOR_SELECT_TEMPLATE