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diff --git a/Hurd/JoachimNilssonHurdPage.mdwn b/Hurd/JoachimNilssonHurdPage.mdwn
index c6172c4f..1856e23f 100644
--- a/Hurd/JoachimNilssonHurdPage.mdwn
+++ b/Hurd/JoachimNilssonHurdPage.mdwn
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 <table border="0" width="100%">
-  <tr>
+  <tr valign="top">
     <td><nop><h1><a name="Table_of_Contents"> Table of Contents </a></h1> %TOC% </nop></td>
-    <td>
-      <hr /> Click <a href="http://hurd.gnufans.orghttp://LOCATIONHurd/JoachimNilssonHurdPage" target="_top">here to edit</a> this page. </td>
+    <td> Click <a href="http://hurd.gnufans.orghttp://LOCATIONHurd/JoachimNilssonHurdPage" target="_top">here to edit</a> this page. </td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
@@ -12,24 +11,23 @@ This page is a simple project page for me. I use it to keep track of things conc
 
 # <a name="Current_Project"> Current Project </a>
 
-I am currently working on updating the OSKit's Linux drivers. The OSKit is currently at Linux version 2.2.12 for most of the drivers. My objective is to upgrade from 2.2.12 to 2.2.21 plus the ATA-100 patches for Linux 2.2.19.
+I am currently working on updating the OSKit's Linux drivers. The OSKit is currently at Linux version 2.2.12 for most of the drivers. My objective is to upgrade from 2.2.12 to 2.2.22 plus the ATA-100 patches for Linux 2.2.19.
 
 ## <a name="Update_OSKit_Linux_drivers"> </a> Update OSKit Linux drivers
 
-A. Patch ALL Linux drivers, patch by patch, from 2.2.12 to 2.2.13 etc. up to 2.2.21 B. Continue my work on patching only the IDE stuff.
+* **A.** Patch ALL Linux drivers, patch by patch, from 2.2.12 to 2.2.13 etc. up to 2.2.22
+* **B.** Continue my work on patching only the IDE stuff.
 
 ### <a name="Plan_A_Update_all_Linux_drivers"> Plan A -- Update all Linux drivers </a>
 
-The stock Linux drivers in the OSKit is at version 2.2.12. Therefore the first patch to the OSKit contains patches to bring it up to 2.2.13.
-
-The first patch also contains some other OSKit patches. I will soon add comments about them here (or elsewhere and link it to here).
+The stock Linux drivers in the OSKit is at version 2.2.12. The first patch brings the drivers up to version 2.2.13, it also includes some [[Mach/UsefulOskitPatches]].
 
-_\*Note:\*_
+**_Note:_**
 
-1. The patches are **NOT** incremental!
-2. The patches only update existing drivers, they don't add support for new ones.
+1. The patches are cummulative, i.e., you only need one.
+2. The patches only update existing OSKit drivers, they don't add support for new ones.
 
-The second statement is important since the corresponding Linux patches **do** add new drivers. I too will add them, but not at this stage.
+The second statement is important since the corresponding Linux patches **do** add new drivers. I too will add [many of] them, but not at this stage.
 
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   <tr>
@@ -62,6 +60,12 @@ The second statement is important since the corresponding Linux patches **do** a
     <td><a href="http://gnufans.org/joachim/hurd/patch-oskit-linux-2.2.16.diff.gz" target="_top">patch-oskit-linux-2.2.16.diff.gz</a></td>
     <td> Oct 31, 2002 </td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> 2.2.17 </td>
+    <td> Upgrade from Linux 2.2.12 to 2.2.17 </td>
+    <td><a href="http://gnufans.org/joachim/hurd/patch-oskit-linux-2.2.17.diff.gz" target="_top">patch-oskit-linux-2.2.17.diff.gz</a></td>
+    <td> Nov 1, 2002 </td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 Testing against [[Mach/OskitMach]] is currently a real hassle. Fortunately I found an older **stable** oskit-mach (before Roland messed up the GDT's) -- dated June 2002.
@@ -124,13 +128,13 @@ Plan B has reached much further than Plan A. With the only difference being that
 
 # <a name="Future_Work"> Future Work </a>
 
-1. \_Try to enable GNUmach to use the [[FreeBSD]] drivers in the OSKit.\_<br /> I have now looked into this. The [[FreeBSD]] PCI related drivers are initialized from the [[FreeBSD]] PCI probe. GNUmach uses the Linux PCI stuff and hence it would not be done easily.
+1. _Try to enable GNUmach to use the [[FreeBSD]] drivers in the OSKit_<br /> I have now looked into this. The [[FreeBSD]] PCI related drivers are initialized from the [[FreeBSD]] PCI probe. GNUmach uses the Linux PCI stuff and hence it would not be done easily.
 2. Port a simple DHCP client.
 3. Use the sound drivers in the OSKit -- port a useful sound daemon.
 4. I want to get SMP working with OSKit-mach.
 
--- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 31 Okt 2002
-
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+Feel free to contact me if you have any comments or suggestions. -- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 1 Nov 2002
+
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