diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile
index 528f99a5a4..7e891d6f4c 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 OpenWrt.org
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Lantiq Beteiligungs GmbH & Co KG.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Lantiq Beteiligungs GmbH & Co KG.
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ltq-vdsl-vr9
-PKG_VERSION:=4.16.6.3
+PKG_VERSION:=4.17.18.6
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_BASE_NAME:=drv_dsl_cpe_api
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_BASE_NAME)_vrx-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_BASE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
-PKG_MD5SUM:=5b15a866bb1939c333d30a1b7f9e7856
+PKG_MD5SUM:=72bb0218a7cbd2ea860bff4acc1c511e
 
 PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/patches/100-compat.patch b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/patches/100-compat.patch
index 4af07da370..a8ce61fa36 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/patches/100-compat.patch
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/patches/100-compat.patch
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --- a/src/Makefile.in
 +++ b/src/Makefile.in
-@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
+@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
  
  # the headerfile of linux kernels 2.6.x contain to much arithmetic
  # with void pointers (which is allowed for gcc!)
 -@KERNEL_2_6_FALSE@am__append_6 = -Wpointer-arith
 +@KERNEL_2_6_FALSE@am__append_6 =
  subdir = src
- DIST_COMMON = $(drv_dsl_cpe_api_include_HEADERS) $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
- 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
+ ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
+ am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/configure.in
 --- a/src/common/drv_dsl_cpe_os_linux.c
 +++ b/src/common/drv_dsl_cpe_os_linux.c
 @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  #include "drv_dsl_cpe_api.h"
  #include "drv_dsl_cpe_api_ioctl.h"
  
-@@ -238,14 +239,7 @@ static DSL_long_t DSL_DRV_Ioctls(DSL_DRV
+@@ -249,14 +250,7 @@ static DSL_long_t DSL_DRV_Ioctls(DSL_DRV
     }
  
  #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,36))
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
  #endif
  
     if (pINode == DSL_NULL)
-@@ -1118,6 +1112,9 @@ static void DSL_DRV_DebugInit(void)
-    return;
+@@ -1203,6 +1197,9 @@ static void DSL_DRV_NlSendMsg(DSL_char_t
  }
+ #endif
  
 +static struct class *dsl_class;
 +static dev_t dsl_devt;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  /* Entry point of driver */
  int __init DSL_ModuleInit(void)
  {
-@@ -1156,6 +1153,10 @@ int __init DSL_ModuleInit(void)
+@@ -1241,6 +1238,10 @@ int __init DSL_ModuleInit(void)
  
     DSL_DRV_DevNodeInit();
  
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     return 0;
  }
  
-@@ -1163,6 +1164,11 @@ void __exit DSL_ModuleCleanup(void)
+@@ -1248,6 +1249,11 @@ void __exit DSL_ModuleCleanup(void)
  {
     printk("Module will be unloaded"DSL_DRV_CRLF);
  
@@ -66,5 +66,31 @@
 +   dsl_class = NULL;
 +
     unregister_chrdev(nMajorNum, DRV_DSL_CPE_API_DEV_NAME);
- 
+    
     DSL_DRV_Cleanup();
+--- a/src/device/drv_dsl_cpe_device_vrx.c
++++ b/src/device/drv_dsl_cpe_device_vrx.c
+@@ -5337,6 +5337,7 @@ DSL_Error_t DSL_DRV_DEV_HybridTypeGet(
+ #undef DSL_DBG_BLOCK
+ #define DSL_DBG_BLOCK DSL_DBG_NOTIFICATIONS
+ 
++#if 0
+ DSL_Error_t DSL_DRV_DEV_MeiTcLayerSignaling
+ (
+    DSL_Context_t *pContext,
+@@ -5384,6 +5385,15 @@ DSL_Error_t DSL_DRV_DEV_MeiTcLayerSignal
+ 
+    return nErrCode;
+ }
++#else
++DSL_Error_t DSL_DRV_DEV_MeiTcLayerSignaling
++(
++   DSL_Context_t *pContext,
++   DSL_TcLayerSelection_t nTcLayer)
++{
++   return DSL_SUCCESS;
++}
++#endif
+ 
+ DSL_Error_t DSL_DRV_DEV_MeiShowtimeSignaling
+ (