>I applied patch-2.1.47 and ended up with files of size zero bytes, next
>downloaded the full sources and they were likewise the same. I've just
>joined the mailing list, in case this has been answered here before.
When I apply kernel patches then (sometimes) I do a `find /usr/src/linux
-size 0 -name \*.[ch] | xargs rm` because a empty programming file is not
an information.
I don' t know if is the right way to do this, but works form me.
A more secure way is left the empty files on the filesystem (if you want
to be sure to don' t execute a `>/.../.../filename` if you get an error
compiling the kernel :).
Andrea Arcangeli