--- arch/sparc/Makefile.old	2004-12-08 22:26:06.000000000 +0100
+++ arch/sparc/Makefile	2005-02-14 19:13:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 HEAD := arch/sparc/kernel/head.o arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.o
 
-SUBDIRS += arch/sparc/kernel arch/sparc/lib arch/sparc/prom \
+PRE_BT_SUBDIRS := arch/sparc/kernel arch/sparc/lib arch/sparc/prom \
 	arch/sparc/mm arch/sparc/math-emu
 
 CORE_FILES := arch/sparc/kernel/kernel.o arch/sparc/mm/mm.o $(CORE_FILES) \
@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@
 	$(TOPDIR)/arch/sparc/lib/lib.a
 
 # This one has to come last
-SUBDIRS += arch/sparc/boot
+SUBDIRS += $(PRE_BT_SUBDIRS) arch/sparc/boot
 CORE_FILES_NO_BTFIX := $(CORE_FILES)
 CORE_FILES += arch/sparc/boot/btfix.o
 
+# The boot dir should be built as the last one
+$(patsubst %, _dir_%, arch/sparc/boot ): $(patsubst %, _dir_%, $(PRE_BT_SUBDIRS) )
+
 export	CORE_FILES_NO_BTFIX
 
 archclean: