This is from the originall ftape-0.9.6 package for Linux 0.99.12.
I have only removed the c++ stuff, so that everybody can patch
a pl13 kernel without problems and build the binaries.

I cannot help you, if you have any problems with the code, so
don't mail to me. I've make no changes on the code. I post this
code only, because there are many people, who didn't know,
how to remove the c++ stuff.
This code will work correctly on my machine, but I cannot say,
if it will do it on yours.

Thorsten
(kukuk@uni-paderborn.de) 