diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/a.out.h b/include/asm-ia64/a.out.h
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+#ifndef _ASM_IA64_A_OUT_H
+#define _ASM_IA64_A_OUT_H
+
+/*
+ * No a.out format has been (or should be) defined so this file is
+ * just a dummy that allows us to get binfmt_elf compiled.  It
+ * probably would be better to clean up binfmt_elf.c so it does not
+ * necessarily depend on there being a.out support.
+ *
+ * Modified 1998-2002
+ *	David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>, Hewlett-Packard Co.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct exec {
+	unsigned long a_info;
+	unsigned long a_text;
+	unsigned long a_data;
+	unsigned long a_bss;
+	unsigned long a_entry;
+};
+
+#define N_TXTADDR(x)	0
+#define N_DATADDR(x)	0
+#define N_BSSADDR(x)	0
+#define N_DRSIZE(x)	0
+#define N_TRSIZE(x)	0
+#define N_SYMSIZE(x)	0
+#define N_TXTOFF(x)	0
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <asm/ustack.h>
+#endif
+#endif /* _ASM_IA64_A_OUT_H */