The patches in "utility-patches" are only usable on this kernel and newer.

Beginning :: ide.2.2.15-14.20000324.patch

Beginning :: ide.2.3.99-pre3-5.20000322.patch

Do not use the utility patches unless you have "HDIO_GETGEO_BIG" defined
in linux/include/linux/hdreg.h

grep -in "HDIO_GETGEO_BIG" /usr/src/linux/include/linux/hdreg.h