diff -up mkinitrd-6.0.19/nash/util.h.orig mkinitrd-6.0.19/nash/util.h
--- mkinitrd-6.0.19/nash/util.h.orig	2008-01-10 21:15:31.000000000 -0500
+++ mkinitrd-6.0.19/nash/util.h	2008-01-10 21:15:50.000000000 -0500
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ extern int eprintf(const char *format, .
 
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/poll.h>
-#ifdef __ia64__
+#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__ia64__)
 static inline int nash_ppoll(struct pollfd *fds, nfds_t nfds,
         struct timespec *timeout, const sigset_t *sigmask, int nsigs)
 {