diff -urp linux-2.6.17/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c linux-new/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c
--- linux-2.6.17/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c	2006-08-10 08:58:31.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-new/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c	2006-08-12 08:09:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/cpudata.h>
 
-volatile int smp_processors_ready = 0;
 int smp_num_cpus = 1;
 volatile unsigned long cpu_callin_map[NR_CPUS] __initdata = {0,};
 unsigned char boot_cpu_id = 0;
diff -urp linux-2.6.17/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c linux-new/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
--- linux-2.6.17/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c	2006-08-10 08:58:31.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-new/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c	2006-08-12 08:12:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern ctxd_t *srmmu_ctx_table_phys;
 
 extern void calibrate_delay(void);
 
-extern volatile int smp_processors_ready;
+volatile int smp_processors_ready = 0;
 static int smp_highest_cpu;
 extern volatile unsigned long cpu_callin_map[NR_CPUS];
 extern cpuinfo_sparc cpu_data[NR_CPUS];
diff -urp linux-2.6.17/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c linux-new/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
--- linux-2.6.17/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c	2006-08-09 22:36:10.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-new/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c	2006-08-12 08:10:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ extern ctxd_t *srmmu_ctx_table_phys;
 
 extern void calibrate_delay(void);
 
-extern volatile int smp_processors_ready;
 extern volatile unsigned long cpu_callin_map[NR_CPUS];
 extern unsigned char boot_cpu_id;
 
@@ -217,7 +216,6 @@ void __init smp4m_smp_done(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Ok, they are spinning and ready to go. */
-	smp_processors_ready = 1;
 }
 
 /* At each hardware IRQ, we get this called to forward IRQ reception