Applying these patches: linux-2.6.29.6-01-sendpage.diff.gz linux-2.6.29.6-02-default-mmap_min_addr-4096.diff.gz Is highly recommended if you are planning to use the 2.6.29.6 kernel source in this directory. The kernel-source-2.6.29.6_smp-noarch-2.txz package already has them preapplied.