Patching a kernel source --verbose

["Chuckk Hubbard" <badmuthahubbard@gmail.com>]

I have linux-2.6.17, trying to patch it with 2.6.17-mm6,
patch-2.6.17-rt8 from Molnar, and bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.15.diff.
I'm a little confused why, when I enter:
Hammertime:/home/chuckk/Desktop/kernel/new/linux-2.6.17-mm6# patch
--verbose -p1 ../2.6.17-mm6

the terminal sits idle, apparently indefinitely.  I realize it's a
huge patch, but shouldn't --verbose give me some indication that
something is happening?

-Chuckk

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