cd top-level-linux-2.x-directory
zcat patch-2.x.y.gz | patch -p1 --quiet -E
Has worked for everything from 2.0.30 to 2.0.35 and 2.1.85 to 2.1.114.
So it is something you are doing wrong or possibly your version of
patch. Notice -p1, not -p2.
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