diff -Nru Makefile.orig Makefile
--- Makefile.orig	Wed Sep 11 05:44:23 2002
+++ Makefile	Thu Oct 31 11:02:47 2002
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)
 
-ARCH = mips
+ARCH = $(shell echo mips`grep '^CONFIG_MIPS64=y$$' .config | sed -e 's/..*/64/'`)
 KERNELPATH=kernel-$(shell echo $(KERNELRELEASE) | sed -e "s/-//g")
 
 CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \