I had the p1 parameter. The patch is *definitely* doing more than just modifying two files that "should already be present." At least the one you pointed me to is, at http://h0000e108b21e.ne.client2.attbi.com/genixia/empeg/volboost246.patch

Take a look at it, it's got no less than 20 files that it's trying to create, a whole bunch of stuff in include/asm-arm/arch, etc....