diff --git a/net/datapipe/files/patch-datapipe.c b/net/datapipe/files/patch-datapipe.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04c9472983e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/datapipe/files/patch-datapipe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+--- datapipe.c.orig	Tue Jan  4 09:48:55 2000
++++ datapipe.c	Thu Jul 24 16:28:56 2003
+@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
+   #include <unistd.h>
+   #include <netdb.h>
+   #include <strings.h>
++  #include <syslog.h>
+   #define recv(x,y,z,a) read(x,y,z)
+   #define send(x,y,z,a) write(x,y,z)
+   #define closesocket(s) close(s)
+@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
+   time_t activity;
+ };
+ 
+-#define MAXCLIENTS 20
++#define MAXCLIENTS 128
+ #define IDLETIMEOUT 300
+ 
+ 
+@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@
+   SOCKET lsock;
+   char buf[4096];
+   struct sockaddr_in laddr, oaddr;
+-  int i;
++  int i, lport, oport;
++  char *laddr_str, *oaddr_str;
+   struct client_t clients[MAXCLIENTS];
+ 
+ 
+@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@
+   /* determine the listener address and port */
+   bzero(&laddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+   laddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+-  laddr.sin_port = htons((unsigned short) atol(argv[2]));
++  laddr.sin_port = htons((unsigned short) lport=atol(argv[2]));
+   laddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(argv[1]);
+   if (!laddr.sin_port) {
+     fprintf(stderr, "invalid listener port\n");
+@@ -128,12 +130,13 @@
+     }    
+     bcopy(n->h_addr, (char *) &laddr.sin_addr, n->h_length);
+   }
++  laddr_str=strdup(inet_ntoa(laddr.sin_addr));
+ 
+ 
+   /* determine the outgoing address and port */
+   bzero(&oaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+   oaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+-  oaddr.sin_port = htons((unsigned short) atol(argv[4]));
++  oaddr.sin_port = htons((unsigned short) oport=atol(argv[4]));
+   if (!oaddr.sin_port) {
+     fprintf(stderr, "invalid target port\n");
+     return 25;
+@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@
+     }    
+     bcopy(n->h_addr, (char *) &oaddr.sin_addr, n->h_length);
+   }
++  oaddr_str=strdup(inet_ntoa(oaddr.sin_addr));
+ 
+ 
+   /* create the listener socket */
+@@ -154,6 +158,15 @@
+     perror("socket");
+     return 20;
+   }
++  {
++	int j=1;
++	setsockopt(lsock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
++		(const char *) &j, sizeof(j));
++	setsockopt(lsock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE,
++		(const char *) &j, sizeof(j));
++	setsockopt(lsock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER,
++		(const char *) &j, sizeof(j));
++  }
+   if (bind(lsock, (struct sockaddr *)&laddr, sizeof(laddr))) {
+     perror("bind");
+     return 20;
+@@ -180,7 +193,10 @@
+   setsid();
+ #endif
+ 
+-  
++  openlog(argv[0], LOG_NDELAY|LOG_CONS|LOG_PID, LOG_LOCAL4);
++  syslog( LOG_INFO, "Datapipe started: %s:%i -> %s:%i",
++    laddr_str, lport, oaddr_str, oport);
++                                  
+   /* main polling loop. */
+   while (1)
+   {
+@@ -203,15 +219,22 @@
+           maxsock = (int) clients[i].osock;
+       }      
+     if (select(maxsock + 1, &fdsr, NULL, NULL, &tv) < 0) {
+-      return 30;
++      syslog( LOG_INFO, "select, maxsock=%i", maxsock);
++      continue;
+     }
+ 
+ 
+     /* check if there are new connections to accept. */
+     if (FD_ISSET(lsock, &fdsr))
+     {
+-      SOCKET csock = accept(lsock, NULL, 0);
+-     
++      struct sockaddr_in raddr;
++      int len=sizeof(raddr);
++      SOCKET csock = accept(lsock, (struct sockaddr *)&raddr, &len);
++	if(csock >= 0) {
++      syslog( LOG_INFO, "Connection(%i) from %s:%i to %s:%i -> %s:%i",
++        csock, inet_ntoa(raddr.sin_addr), ntohs(raddr.sin_port),
++        laddr_str, lport, oaddr_str, oport);
++
+       for (i = 0; i < MAXCLIENTS; i++)
+         if (!clients[i].inuse) break;
+       if (i < MAXCLIENTS)
+@@ -219,16 +242,16 @@
+         /* connect a socket to the outgoing host/port */
+         SOCKET osock;
+         if ((osock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
+-          perror("socket");
++          syslog( LOG_INFO, "socket\n");
+           closesocket(csock);
+         }
+         else if (bind(osock, (struct sockaddr *)&laddr, sizeof(laddr))) {
+-          perror("bind");
++          syslog( LOG_INFO, "bind\n");
+           closesocket(csock);
+           closesocket(osock);
+         }
+         else if (connect(osock, (struct sockaddr *)&oaddr, sizeof(oaddr))) {
+-          perror("connect");
++          syslog( LOG_INFO, "connect\n");
+           closesocket(csock);
+           closesocket(osock);
+         }
+@@ -239,9 +262,14 @@
+           clients[i].inuse = 1;
+         }
+       } else {
+-        fprintf(stderr, "too many clients\n");
++        syslog( LOG_INFO, "too many clients\n");
+         closesocket(csock);
+-      }        
++      }
++	} else {
++		syslog( LOG_INFO, "Connection accept error(%i) from %s:%i to %s:%i -> %s:%i",
++			csock, inet_ntoa(raddr.sin_addr), ntohs(raddr.sin_port),
++			laddr_str, lport, oaddr_str, oport);
++	}
+     }
+ 
+