diff --git a/packages/linux/url b/packages/linux/url
index dc2718ca3b..8915cb1dbc 100644
--- a/packages/linux/url
+++ b/packages/linux/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.30-rc3.tar.bz2
+http://eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.30-rc4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.14.0-acpid.diff b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-acpid.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.14.0-acpid.diff
rename to packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-acpid.diff
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.14.0-defconfig.diff b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-defconfig.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.14.0-defconfig.diff
rename to packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-defconfig.diff
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-des.diff b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-des.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efb1d7cc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-des.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- busybox-1.14.0/libbb/pw_encrypt_des.c	Tue Apr 14 01:43:00 2009
++++ busybox-1.14.0-des/libbb/pw_encrypt_des.c	Fri May  1 03:40:16 2009
+@@ -778,8 +778,10 @@
+ 	to64_msb_first(output + 2, (r0 >> 8));
+ 	/* bits 7..0 of r0 and 31..16 of r1 */
+ 	to64_msb_first(output + 6, (r0 << 16) | (r1 >> 16));
+-	/* (bits 15..0 of r1 + 00) and NUL byte */
++	/* bits 15..0 of r1 and two zero bits (plus extra zero byte) */
+ 	to64_msb_first(output + 10, (r1 << 8));
++	/* extra zero byte is encoded as '.', fixing it */
++	output[13] = '\0';
+ #endif
+ 
+ 	return output;
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-dhcp_hostname.diff b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-dhcp_hostname.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79bc5eaaea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-dhcp_hostname.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- busybox-1.14.0/networking/udhcp/leases.c	Tue Apr 14 01:42:51 2009
++++ busybox-1.14.0-dhcp_hostname/networking/udhcp/leases.c	Tue Apr 21 02:41:22 2009
+@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
+ 	if (oldest) {
+ 		oldest->hostname[0] = '\0';
+ 		if (hostname) {
+-        		hostname_length = hostname[-1]; /* look at option size byte */
++			/* option size byte, + 1 for NUL */
++        		hostname_length = hostname[-1] + 1;
+ 			if (hostname_length > sizeof(oldest->hostname))
+ 				hostname_length = sizeof(oldest->hostname);
+             		hostname = (uint8_t*) safe_strncpy((char*)oldest->hostname, (char*)hostname, hostname_length);
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-mdev.diff b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-mdev.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c190a41ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-mdev.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- busybox-1.14.0/util-linux/mdev.c	Tue Apr 14 23:23:04 2009
++++ busybox-1.14.0-mdev/util-linux/mdev.c	Fri May  1 03:04:28 2009
+@@ -524,7 +524,10 @@
+ 				make_device(temp, 1);
+ 		}
+ 		else if (strcmp(action, "add") == 0) {
+-			make_device(temp, 0);
++			/* N.B. make_device() mangles the device path, so save it */
++			char *s = xstrdup(temp);
++			make_device(s, 0);
++			free(s);
+ 			if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE) {
+ 				if (fw)
+ 					load_firmware(fw, temp);
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.14.0-unaligned.diff b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-unaligned.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.14.0-unaligned.diff
rename to packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/50_busybox-1.14.0-unaligned.diff