--- linux-source-2.6.18/arch/ia64/Makefile.orig	2007-01-03 17:26:31.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-source-2.6.18/arch/ia64/Makefile	2007-01-03 17:57:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -28,16 +28,7 @@
 		   -falign-functions=32 -frename-registers -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
 CFLAGS_KERNEL	:= -mconstant-gp
 
-GAS_STATUS	= $(shell $(srctree)/arch/ia64/scripts/check-gas "$(CC)" "$(OBJDUMP)")
-CPPFLAGS += $(shell $(srctree)/arch/ia64/scripts/toolchain-flags "$(CC)" "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(READELF)")
-
-ifeq ($(GAS_STATUS),buggy)
-$(error Sorry, you need a newer version of the assember, one that is built from	\
-	a source-tree that post-dates 18-Dec-2002.  You can find a pre-compiled	\
-	static binary of such an assembler at:					\
-										\
-		ftp://ftp.hpl.hp.com/pub/linux-ia64/gas-030124.tar.gz)
-endif
+CPPFLAGS += -DHAVE_WORKING_TEXT_ALIGN -DHAVE_MODEL_SMALL_ATTRIBUTE -DHAVE_SERIALIZE_DIRECTIVE
 
 ifeq ($(call cc-version),0304)
 	cflags-$(CONFIG_ITANIUM)	+= -mtune=merced
@@ -67,7 +58,7 @@
 
 PHONY += boot compressed check
 
-all: compressed unwcheck
+all: compressed
 
 compressed: vmlinux.gz
 
@@ -76,9 +67,6 @@
 vmlinux.gz: vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
 
-unwcheck: vmlinux
-	-$(Q)READELF=$(READELF) $(srctree)/arch/ia64/scripts/unwcheck.py $<
-
 archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
 
@@ -94,5 +82,4 @@
   echo '* compressed	- Build compressed kernel image'
   echo '  install	- Install compressed kernel image'
   echo '  boot		- Build vmlinux and bootloader for Ski simulator'
-  echo '* unwcheck	- Check vmlinux for invalid unwind info'
 endef