Am I patching the kernel incorrectly??

I had previously patched the kernel (stock 2.4.3) with the beta 6 patch.

Now I'm trying to update to beta 7. I tried patching the kernel is exactly the same way as before (maybe a mistake). Most of the output is pasted in here (at the end). I'm concerned about the prompts I got -

"Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]"

As you can see, I decided to reply "Y". Was that a correct assumption?

Afterwards I read the man page on "patch" and am now even less sure that I did the right thing.

I don't want to compile the kernel modules (I have lvm as a module) until I know that the source is in good condition.

patching file drivers/md/Makefile
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] y The next patch would delete the file drivers/md/lvm-snap.h, which does not exist! Assume -R? [n] y
patching file drivers/md/lvm-snap.h
patching file Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] y Hunk #1 succeeded at 187 (offset 1 line).

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rupert