error about kernel patch ?

From: shlee (rambo_at_lsdata.co.kr)
Date: 08/26/05 

Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:17:42 +0900

Hello.

To build new kernel, I download kernel linux-2.6.12-5.tar.bz2 and
patch-2.6.12.5.bz2.

I copied linux-2.6.12-5.tar.bz2 into /usr/src/ and extract it.
and I extract patch-2.6.12.5.bz2 into /tmp directory.

cd /usr/src
bzcat linux-2.6.12-5.bz2 | tar xv
ln -sf linux-2.6.12-5 linux

for kernel patch, I issued follwing command.

[root@linuxhost /usr/src] patch -p0 < /tmp/patch-2.6.12.5 ( current
directory is /usr/src , patch file is /tmp )

I met error messaes as follwings.

can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhpas you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------------------------------
| diff -git a/Makefile b/Makefile
| --- a/Makefile
| +++ b/Makefile
---------------------------------------------------
File to patch:

I'd like to know why I met above message?

Have a day.

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