A change to include/asm-alpha/smp.h went in during 2.6.1-rc1-mm1 which appears to have broken compilation on Alpha. Specifically, the addition of: #define cpu_possible_map cpu_present_map seems to have caused a problem, since cpu_present_map doesn't appear to be declared anywhere. CC init/main.o In file included from init/main.c:33: include/linux/kernel_stat.h: In function `kstat_irqs': include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: error: `cpu_present_map' undeclared (first use in this function) include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: error: for each function it appears in.) init/main.c: In function `smp_init': init/main.c:348: error: `cpu_present_map' undeclared (first use in this function) make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1 make: *** [init] Error 2 -- Nathan Poznick Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. - Eric Hoffer