Kernel patch command hangs

Question

I downloaded the 2.4.20 kernel sources and the ppc patch and have been trying to apply the patch to the sources. I place the 2.4.20 source directory and the patch file in the same directory and command is $patch -p1 {path/to/patch/file}..but prompt hangs there.

Answer 1

Right, it expects input (patch content). You are supposed to redirect it to patch tool:

patch -p1 < /path/to/patch