2 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ftrace.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40a8c178f10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* empty */
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/hardirq.h
index d953e234daa8..88971460fa6c 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -14,17 +14,4 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq);
 
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS	12
-
-/*
- * The hardirq mask has to be large enough to have
- * space for potentially nestable IRQ sources in the system
- * to nest on a single CPU. On Alpha, interrupts are masked at the CPU
- * by IPL as well as at the system level. We only have 8 IPLs (UNIX PALcode)
- * so we really only have 8 nestable IRQs, but allow some overhead
- */
-#if (1 << HARDIRQ_BITS) < 16
-#error HARDIRQ_BITS is too low!
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _ALPHA_HARDIRQ_H */